MCA extends Due Date for Filing ACTIVE Compliant Form [Read Notification]

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The Ministry of Corporate Affairs ( MCA ) has extended the last date for filing the ACTIVE Compliant form.
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Recently, the Ministry had issued Companies (Incorporation) Amendment Rules, 2019 and Companies (Registration offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2019 which shall come into force from 25.04.19 with a view to enable common public to be aware of KYC (Know Your Company) status of the companies and their directors.
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It is in the light of the recent Sarada Chit Fund scam, the Government has introduced the new form to curb the practice of fake companies incorporated by the same person.
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According to the amended rules, the e Form ACTIVE need to be filed by all Companies incorporated on or before Dec 31, 2017, before 25.04.2019. It is stated that if a Company files the ACTIVE form on or after 26.04.2019 such Company shall be marked ‘ACTIVE Compliant’ only after payment of a fee of Rs. 10,000.
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It is further said that in case, a company does not intimate the said particulars, the Company shall be marked as “ACTlVE-non-compliant” on or after 26th April 2019 and shall be liable for action under sub-section (9) of section 12 of the Companies Act, 2013.
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In connection with this, the Ministry has also amended the companies (Registration offices and Fees) Amendment Rules, 2019 in order to incorporate Rs. 10,000 as Fee for filing e- Form ACTIVE under rule 25A of the companies (incorporation) Rules, 2014.
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