The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has issued General Circular No. 06/2025 dated October 17, 2025, allowing companies to file their financial statements and annual returns for FY 2024–25 using the newly revised e-Forms (MGT-7, MGT-7A, AOC-4 series) on the MCA-21 Version 3 portal without additional fees until 31st December 2025. This relaxation aims to help companies adapt to the new forms but does not extend statutory deadlines for holding AGMs under the Companies Act, 2013. Companies failing to meet statutory timelines remain liable for legal action, and filings made after this period will attract normal and additional fees as per applicable rules.
The Ministry has revised the e-Forms MGT-7, MGT-7A, AOC-4, AOC-4 CFS, AOC-4 NBFC (Ind AS), AOC-4 CFS NBFC (Ind AS), AOC-4 (XBRL) for annual filings, which were deployed on the MCA-21 Version 3 portal recently.
In view of the deployment of the new e-Forms, and considering that companies may require some time to get familiarized with the filing process, and keeping in view the requests received from various stakeholders, it has been decided that companies will be allowed to complete their annual filings pertaining to FY 2024-25 till 31st December, 2025 without payment of additional fees.
However, it is hereby clarified that this General Circular shall not be construed as conferring any extension of statutory time for holding of AGMs by the companies under the Companies Act, 2013 (the Act) and the companies which have not adhered to the relevant statutory timelines shall continue to be liable to legal action under the appropriate provisions of the Act.
Any filings made subsequent to the currency of this General Circular would attract payment of all fees, including additional fees, as provided in the Companies (Registration Offices and Fees) Rules, 2014, from the date when such filings were actually due under the Act.
This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.
The General Circular can be accessed at: https://a2ztaxcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/MCA-17.10.2025.pdf
