Relaxation on levy of additional fees in filing e-forms AOC-4,  AOC-4 AOC-4 XBRL and AOC-4 Non-XBRL

Relaxation on levy of additional fees in filing e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL and AOC-4 Non-XBRL for FY 2019-20 till 15.02.2021

General Circular No. 04/2021

F. No. 01/34/2013 CL-V -Part-III
Government of India
Ministry of Corporate Affairs

5th Floor, ‘A’ Wing, Shastri Bhawan,
Dr . Rajendra Prasad Road, New Delhi-1

Dated: 28th January, 2021

To
All Regional  Directors,
All Registrar of Companies, All  Stakeholders.

Subject: Relaxation on levy of additional fees in filing of  e-forms AOC-4,  AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL and AOC-4 Non-XBRL for the financial year ended on 31.03.2020 under the Companies Act,  2013 – reg.

Sir,

Keeping in view of various requests received from stakeholders regarding relaxation on levy of additional fees for annual financial statement filings required to be done for the financial year ended on 31.03.2020, it has been decided that no additional fees shall be levied upto 15.02.2021 for the filing of e-forms AOC-4, AOC-4 (CFS), AOC-4 XBRL and AOC-4 Non-XBRL in respect of the financial year ended on 31.03.2020. During the said period, only normal fees shall be payable for the filing of the aforementioned e-forms.

2. This issues with the approval of the competent Authority.

Yours faithfully,

(KMS Nrayanan)
Assistant Director (policy)

Copy forwarded for information and necessary action to:-

1. E-Governance section
2. Guard

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