{
  "id": 16430832,
  "title": "MCA Extends FY26 Annual Filing Deadlines, Companies Get Relief From Additional Fees Until December 31",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/mca-extends-fy26-annual-filing-deadlines-companies-get-relief-from",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T04:28:50.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/business/mca-extends-fy26-annual-filing-deadlines-companies-get-relief-from-additional-fees-until-december-31"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has extended the deadlines for companies to file their financial statements and annual returns for the financial year 2025-26, providing relief from additional fees until December 31. Companies can now submit their financial statements using Form AOC-4, including consolidated statements and filings in XBRL format, without incurring extra charges. Additionally, the deadline for filing annual returns through Forms MGT-7 and MGT-7A has been extended to January 31, 2027. These extensions were prompted by technical issues on the MCA-21 Version 3 portal, where professionals reported frequent downtime, login failures, and difficulties with profile updates and data retrieval. The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) had earlier requested the government to extend the deadline until December 31, 2026, citing persistent technical difficulties affecting the filing process.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}