CFSS-2020

Commencement of Business (INC-20A) and Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 (‘CFSS-2020’) The concept of Certificate of ‘Commencement of Business’(COB) were earlier provided under Section 149 of the Companies Act, 1956 (Erstwhile Act). The provisions were only applicable to newly incorporated public companies having share capital. I...

E-form Active (INC-22A) and Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 (‘CFSS-2020’) On November 2, 2018, the Government of India has announced various new amendments to the Companies Act, 2013 (‘Principal Act’). These amendments were a continuation of a number of steps the Government of India has taken in the past couple of years, to str...

Due to this pandemic situation every person is limited with resources either in the terms of funds or in terms of compliance, so in this pandemic situation, to boost the entrepreneur and to encourage him the government comes forward and introduce an one time late fees waiver for all the previous returns in which Company […]...

There is a lot of confusions amongst the professionals with respect to getting immunity certificate (filing Form CFSS after 1st October) for Form DPT-3 and other Forms whose due date falling between 01st April, 2020 and 30th September, 2020 and filed before 30th September, 2020. In this write up, we discuss and interpret the same. [&helli...

Company Law Fresh Settlement Scheme Question:  Whether the e-Form CFFS-2020 required to be filed for the forms which have been filed within due dates during the vouge of the scheme? Ministry of corporate Affairs (MCA) had in the circular dated 24 March, 2020, provides for a moratorium on delay in filing of form till September […]...

Point no-1 Whether we need to update the information and transition period in classification, every year? As we know ministry of MSME has issued a notification as on 26th June 2020 which notifies certain criteria for classifying the enterprises as micro, small, and medium enterprise and specifying the form and procedure for filling memora...

COMPANIES FRESH START SCHEME, 2020 (CFSS-2020) [MCA General Circular No. 12/2020 dated 30th March, 2020] The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (‘MCA’) had, in the Circular No. 11/2020, dated 24th March, 2020, inter alia other relaxations / special measures provided in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, indicated regarding providing immunity t...

MCA on receiving representations from various stakeholders has introduced a Scheme namely CFSS -2020 through its General Circular No. 12/2020 dated 30th March, 2020, in furtherance to the Circular No. 11/2020 dated 24th March, 2020. Purpose of the Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020: This Scheme has enabled the defaulting companies a oneti...

MCA Circular No. 12/2020 dated 30/03/2020 In order to facilitate the compliance of various e-forms with MCA, MCA has introduced CFSS-2020 i.e. Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020. This scheme has been launched to give the opportunity to defaulting companies and to enable them to file belated documents and forms with MCA. Key points of this...

Good Day All, Today, Hereby we discuss and understand one time opportunity to the defaulting companies and to enable them to file the belated documents in MCA-21 registry under a scheme named as “Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020” Companies Fresh Start Scheme, 2020 (‘CFSS Scheme’) (Came into effect vide circular no. 12/2...