The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) is launching the final set of 38 Company Forms on the MCA21 V3 portal on July 14, 2025, at 12:00 AM. This release includes 13 annual filing forms and 6 audit/cost audit-related forms. To facilitate this transition, several critical timelines and instructions have been provided. E-filings on the MCA V2 portal will cease from June 18, 2025, 12:00 AM, requiring all pending V2 filings to be completed beforehand. Offline payments in the V2 portal will be discontinued from June 8, 2025, 12:00 AM, necessitating online payment methods. The MCA V3 portal will experience downtime from July 9, 2025, 12:00 AM, to July 13, 2025, 11:59 PM, during which no V3 filings or resubmissions will be possible. Users are advised to file or resubmit V3 forms before this period to avoid penalties. All users must create new Business User IDs, upgrade V2 IDs, or merge V2 IDs into V3, and ensure Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) are associated. Additionally, pending details for specific SRNs must be uploaded by June 17, 2025, using the designated MCA portal services, or risk SRNs being marked as “NTBR”. Stakeholders are urged to comply with these directives for uninterrupted regulatory adherence.
Click below to view the complete list of all 38 forms.
https://taxguru.in/company-law/mca-launches-final-38-company-forms-july-14-2025.html
In order to facilitate a smooth transition and implementation, stakeholders are requested to take note of the following critical timelines and instructions:
1. Discontinuation of e-Filings on MCA V2 Portal
- Effective from: 18th June 2025, 12:00 AM
- No e-filings will be permitted on the V2 portal post this cut-off.
- Action required: Ensure that there are no SRNs in ‘Pending Payment’ or ‘Resubmission’ status under V2. All such filings should be completed well in advance.
2. Discontinuation of Offline Payments in V2 Portal
- Effective from: 08th June 2025, 12:00 AM
- The ‘Pay Later’ option will be disabled in V2 for all e-forms.
- Action required: Use only online payment methods (Credit/Debit Card or Net Banking) for transactions in V2 post this date.
3. Downtime of MCA V3 Portal
- Scheduled Downtime: From 09th July 2025, 12:00 AM to 13th July 2025, 11:59 PM
- The V3 portal will be completely unavailable during this window.
- Important advisory: File or resubmit all current V3 forms before 09th July 2025 to avoid:
- Penalties due to missed due dates, and
- Lapse of resubmission window (no fee waivers or extensions will be granted for forms due during downtime).
4. User Account Updates in V3
- All users must:
- Create a new Business User ID, or
- Upgrade their existing V2 ID, or
- Merge their V2 ID into V3.
- Additionally, ensure that Digital Signature Certificates (DSC) are duly associated in the V3 system.
5. Mandatory Upload of Pending Details
- Deadline: 17th June 2025
- For SRNs currently in statuses such as:
- “Pending for upload of Investor details” or
- “Pending for Subsidiary Details”
Stakeholders must upload the requisite data using the following services on the MCA portal: - ‘Upload Details of Security Holders/Depositors’, and
- ‘Update Subsidiary Details’
- Failure to comply by the above deadline will result in SRNs being marked as “NTBR” (Not to be Reprocessed).
We strongly urge all stakeholders to take proactive steps to comply with these timelines and instructions to ensure uninterrupted regulatory compliance and avoid last-minute complications.
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Author – CS Divesh Goyal, GOYAL DIVESH & ASSOCIATES Company Secretary in Practice from Delhi and can be contacted at csdiveshgoyal@gmail.com).
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