eForm INC-22A: Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification (ACTIVE)

eForm INC-22A: Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification (ACTIVE) : Recently MCA came with a notification dated 21st February, 2019 under which every company incorporated on or before the 31st December, 2017 shall file e-Form INC-22A Active Company Tagging Identities and Verification (ACTIVE). Applicable Section/Rules- Rule 25A of Companies (Incorporation) Rules, 2014 and also need to follow Section 12 of Companies Act, 2013. Time Limit- On or before 25^thApril, 2019 Details to be provided in the form: 1.) Latitude & Longitude of registered office of the company 2.) Unique E-mail ID of the company 3.) Number of Directors 4.) Where maximum number of directors in a company is exceeding the statutory limit, SRN of MGT-14 need to be provided in the form. 5.) Details of Statutory Auditor(s)- Auto Filled 6.) Whether the company need to appoint Cost Auditor YES/NO 7.) Details of the Managing director or Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or Manager or Whole-time Director of the company- Auto Filled 8.) Details of Company Secretary of the company, if applicable- Auto Filled 9.) Details of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, if applicable- Auto Filled 10.) Details of forms AOC-4/AOC-4 XBRL and MGT-7 filed for FY 2017-18- Auto Filled 11.) Signature required in case of company where it is mandatory to appoint KMP- One Director and One KMP. 12.) Signature required in case of company where it is not mandatory to appoint KMP- Two Directors 13.) Signature required in case of OPC- One Director 14.) Certification by practicing professional (CA/CS/CMA) is mandatory. Attachments: 1.) Photograph of Registered Office showing external building including name of the company, address of its registered office, Corporate Identity Number along with telephone number, fax number, if any, e-mail and website addresses, if any painted or affixed. 2.) Photograph of inside office along with atleast one Director/KMP who is signing the form. Key Points- - Even Dormant companies need to file INC-22A - Annual Filing should be up to date. - E-mail ID should be unique for every company. Even in case of group companies under same management each and every company should have its unique E-mail ID. - All Directors in the company should have APPROVED status of DIN. - All companies who are required to appoint Company Secretary as per the statutory requirement need to appoint Company Secretary before filing INC-22A, if not appointed. - In case of Section 8 company, if designation is selected as Company Secretary enter either Membership No. /PAN. Penalty for Non-Filing- Fine of Rs. 10000/-on or after 26^thApril, 2019 Consequence of Non-Compliance- MCA will mark the form as ACTIVE non-compliant unless e-Form ACTIVE is filed and the company will not be able to file following forms: (i) SH-07 (Change in Authorized Capital); (ii) PAS-03 (Change in Paid-up Capital); (iii) DIR-12 (Changes in Director except cessation); (iv) INC-22 (Change in Registered Office); (v) INC-28 (Amalgamation, de-merger) Companies not required to file this form- - Companies which have been struck off or are under process of striking off - Company which is under liquidation or amalgamation - Company which has been dissolved