Every company whether Public, Private, Section-8, Producer or any other type of company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 or under any previous law for the time being in force is required to file their annual Financial Statements and Annual Return within 30 days in e-form AoC-4 or e-form AoC- 4 (CFS) depending upon the applicability and 60 days in e-form MGT-7 respectively from the date of conclusion of the Annual General Meeting.

Annual General Meeting of the company is conducted once a year and the due date for the first Annual General Meeting lies within 9 months from the date of end of the first financial year of the Company and in any other case the AGM must be conducted within a period 6 months from the closing of the financial year i.e. the last date of conducting the first AGM is 31st December and the subsequent AGM is 30th September after the end of the financial year.

The ROC is an abbreviation of Registrar of Company and is managed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs India (MCA). Further, as per Section 129, 137 read with Rule 12 of the Company (Accounts) Rules, 2014 and Section 92 of the Companies Act, 2013 read with Rule 11 of the Companies (Management and Administration) Rules, 2014. the Audited Financial Reports must be filed with the respective ROC. Any delay or non-filling of the return could lead the company to attract heavy interest & penalties.