Annual return signing
Companies that need a practising CS to sign the annual return, alongside secretarial audit or other CS certificates where required.
Contact about this workThe firm signs the annual return of private, public, and listed companies under Statutory Certification. The same practice covers secretarial audit and FEMA, SEBI, stock-exchange, and other regulator-related CS certifications.
Annual filing in XBRL and certification thereof for companies that file in that format sits under Company Law retainership. Write to a partner with the class of company and the return or certificate required.
The underlying meetings, registers, and ROC records that support the annual return are retainership work.
How the work proceeds
01
Confirm the class of company and the financial year for the annual return.
02
Review the supporting company-law record and prepare the return for signing.
03
Sign the annual return; take secretarial audit or other CS certificates as separate instructions when required.
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Questions about this work
Who signs the annual return?
A practising Company Secretary signs the annual return of private, public, and listed companies under Statutory Certification.
Is annual-return signing the same as secretarial audit?
No. Both sit under Statutory Certification but are separate engagements. Write with the class of company and the return or report required.
Is XBRL annual filing the same as annual-return signing?
Annual filing in XBRL and certification thereof sits under Company Law retainership. Annual-return signing is Statutory Certification.
How do I instruct annual-return signing?
Write to a named partner with the class of company and the financial year. Contact lists the office email and both partners.
Write or call
Office email, telephones, and both partners are on Contact.