UCPMA Urges MCA to Extend Due Date for Filing AOC-4 and MGT-7/MGT-7A till March 31, 2026:

UCPMA Urges MCA to Extend Due Date for Filing AOC-4 and MGT-7/MGT-7A till March 31, 2026 The United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) has written a formal representation dated December 17, 2025, to the Secretary of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA), urging them to extend the due date for filing Annual Financial Statements (Form AOC-4 and variants) and Annual Returns (Form MGT-7/MGT-7A) till March 31, 2026, without charging any extra fees or penalties. The United Cycle and Parts Manufacturers Association (UCPMA) is a non-profit industry body registered under Section 8 of the Companies Act, 2013, having CIN U35923PB1969NPL002727. The association has its registered office near Campa Cola Chowk, Gill Road, Ludhiana, Punjab, and was set up in 1969.

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The association highlighted that earlier, MCA had shifted the annual filings to the new MCA-21 Version 3 (V3) portal, a move that contributed to improving the transparency and efficiency in corporate compliance. As a result, MCA extended the due date for Annual Financial Statements and Annual Returns till December 31, 2025, via General Circular No. 06/2025, which was a helpful move. The association further highlighted that this is a minor relief and not enough, as stakeholders are still facing difficulties with the V3 portal, facing technical issues in it, including OTP not working and DSC registration problems, errors while saving data and uploading attachments, slow portal speed and frequent downtime, validation errors causing repeated re-filing, helpdesk complaints remaining unresolved, etc. Hence, the delay in filing is not intentional; the key reason behind the delay is the portal and system problems during this transition phase.

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Annual filings do not cause any loss to government revenue; hence, penalising companies because they did not comply with the statutory deadline due to technical failures would not be fair, especially for MSMEs and industry bodies. Therefore, in conclusion of the formal representation, UCPMA requested MCA to extend the due date for filing AOC-4 and MGT-7/MGT-7A till March 31, 2026, without the payment of late fees or penalties.