MCA extends time for filing 45 company e-Forms, PAS-03 and SPICE in MCA 21 Version 3.0

Extension of Time for filing of 45 company e-Forms, PAS-03 and SPICE + Part A in MCA 21 Version 3.0 without additional fee

MCA has issued General Circular No. 04/2023 dated 21.02.2023 extending time for filing of 45 company e-Forms, PAS-03 and SPICE+Part A in MCA 21 Version 3.0 without additional fee.

According to MCA, extension was decided in view of change in way of filing in Version-3, including fresh process of registration of users on MCA-21 and process of stabilization of 45 forms launched with effect from 23.01.2023, and various representations.

The above extension is in continuation of General Circulars No. 1/2023 dated 09.01.2023 and Circular No. 03/2023 dated 07.02.2023, and allows further additional time till 31.03.2023 for filing of these forms which are due for filing between 07.02.2023 and 28.02.2023, without additional fees.

Further, it has been stated that Form PAS-03 which was closed for filing in Version-2 on 20.01.2023 and launched in Ve+sion-3 on 23.01.2023, and whose due dates for filing fall between 20.01.2023 and 28.02.2023, can also be filed without payment of additional fees till 31.03.2023.

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