What is Annual Compliance of a Private Limited Company?

Under a private limited company, there is a limited liability protection and have various benefits such as raise fund from Venture capitalist, continuous existence. The confidence of the community come at the cost of increased annual compliance.
It is required for every private limited company to conduct its Annual General Meeting each financial year and file an annual return with the Ministry of Corporate Affair to maintain compliance. In case of a newly incorporated company, the annual general meeting must be held within 18 months from the date of incorporation or within 9 months from the date of closing of the first financial year, whichever is earlier. Whereas in case of a subsequent annual general meeting, it should be held within 6 months from the end of financial year. Annual Compliance of a Private Limited Company is required to be filed within 60 days from the date of the annual general meeting.

What are Benefits of Annual Compliance of a Private Limited Company?

Separate Legal Entity
A company is a separate legal entity and a juristic person under the Act. Therefore, a company can own property in its own name and also incur debts. The members (Shareholders) and directors of a company have no liability to the creditors of a company for such debts. Being a juristic person, a company can acquire, own, enjoy and alienate, property in its own name. Member cannot claim upon the property of the company so long as the company is a going concern.
Share Transfer Ability
One of the main benefit of Annual compliance of a Private Limited Company is Share Transfer ability. Shares of a company limited by shares are easily transferable by a shareholder to any other person. Shares can be easily transferred by filing and signing a share transfer form and handing over the buyer of the shares along with share certificate.
Perpetual Succession
A company, being a separate legal person, is unaffected by the death of any member but continues to be in existence irrespective of the changes in membership. A company has 'perpetual succession' which has uninterrupted existence until it is legally dissolved.
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Annual Compliance of a Private Limited Company Consist of the Following

Audited Balance Sheet of the Company.
Audited Profit & Loss Account.
Compliance Certificate from a CS.
Registered Office Details.
Register of Member.
Shares and Debentures details.
Debt details.
Information about the Management of the Company.
Current and details of the change in the shareholding structure of the Company.
Detail about the changes in Directorship.
Details of transfers of securities/ Share in a financial year.

Who is required to sign Annual Filing E-forms?

Annual filing E-forms are required to be signed digitally by the director of a company and CA/CS.
Following are the documents that are required to be filed with the Registrar of companies for Annual compliance of a Private Limited Company:

Balance Sheet of the Company
Profit & Loss Account
Director's Report
Auditor's Report
List of Shareholders and several other documents.
Penalty Provisions in case of Failure to File Annual Return
In case company fails to file its annual return, it is punishable with a fine which shall not be less than Rs.50,000 but which may extend to Rs. 5 lakhs and every Officer in default shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to six months or with fine which shall not be less than Rs.50,000 but which may extend to Rs. 5 lakhs or both.

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