Secretarial compliance
AOC-4 vs MGT-7: What Private Limited Company Founders Should Know
A simple comparison of AOC-4 and MGT-7 for private limited company annual filing readiness, documents, timelines, and common founder mistakes.
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The short answer
AOC-4 is connected with filing financial statements, while MGT-7 is connected with the company annual return. Founders should treat them as related annual compliance workstreams with different data and attachment requirements.
What AOC-4 usually needs
AOC-4 readiness depends on financial statements, board approval, auditor information, attachments, and consistency between books, signed documents, and company records.
What MGT-7 usually needs
MGT-7 readiness depends on company master data, shareholding, directors, key managerial details where applicable, meetings, indebtedness, and other annual return information.
Common founder mistakes
Common mistakes include waiting for the final week, missing signed documents, ignoring event-based filings, not reconciling shareholding records, and assuming the accountant has every company law document.
Direct answers
Is AOC-4 the same as MGT-7?
No. AOC-4 and MGT-7 are different annual filing forms. AOC-4 is tied to financial statements, while MGT-7 is tied to the annual return and company information.
Should founders prepare AOC-4 and MGT-7 together?
They should be planned together because both rely on accurate company records, board documentation, shareholder information, financial data, and deadline coordination.
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