The ministry of corporate affairs (MCA) has waived the payment of additional fees and extended the deadline for the companies to file their annual returns and financial statements under the Companies Act for FY25. Annual filings pertaining to FY25 can now be uploaded till December 31, 2025 without payment of additional fees.

The earlier deadlines for filing financial statements were October 30 and, for annual returns, November 29.

In a fresh notification, the ministry said that it has recently revised several annual filing e-forms which were deployed on the MCA-21 Version 3 portal.

The relaxations are in view of the deployment of the new e-Forms, and considering that companies may require some time to get familiarised with the filing process. The ministry has received requests from

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