MCA relaxes additional fees on annual financial statements till 15 February 2022

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ('MCA') vide General Circular No. 22/2021 dated 29 December 2021 has relaxed the additional fees for annual financial statement/return filings for the F.Y. ended on 31 March 2021. It has been clarified that no additional fees shall be levied upto 15 February 2022 for the filing of e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL, AOC-4 Non-XBRL and upto 28 February 2022 for filing of e-forms MGT-7/MGT-7A. It has also been clarified that only normal fees shall be payable for the filing of the aforementioned e-forms.

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