Annual Compliance Filings for LLPs

What are Annual Filings? (Overview)

Limited liability partnerships (LLPs) are required to meet fewer criteria for compliance on filing annual returns, in comparison to private limited companies. LLPs are required to provide information related to the statement of accounts, and returns, on an annual basis. Penalties, however, are huge for failure to comply. Entities that don't provide the requisite information are fined heavily, with penalties that can go up to Rs. 5 lakhs.

What Are The Benefits of Filing Annual Compliances For LLPs

• Higher Credibility:Annual compliance provides for higher credibility to the organization for loan approvals or any other similar requirements.
• Record of Financial Worth:Annual compliance filings by LLP’s provide records to other companies regarding their financial worth, which may result in new and interested investors.
• Stays Active and No Penalties:With regular filings, LLPs are not declared as defunct, and stays active. Also, annual compliance filings are mandatory and hence involve penalties (additional fees) to LLPs, when they default on filings.
• Conversion or Closure:Regular annual compliance filings facilitate easier conversion of Limited Liability Partnerships into other types of companies, as well as quicker resolutions in case of dissolution of partnerships.

What are the Checklist items for Filing of Annual Compliance?

• Annual returns need to be filed with the Registrar of Companies.
• Annual returns to be filed as per the prescribed format of LLP Form 11.
• This is required to be filed within 60 days from the close of the financial year, or the 30th of May of each year.
• The LLP annual compliance has to be met by each and every registered LLP even if there is no business activity. In fact, it has to be met even if the LLP has been closed down and whether or not a business bank account exists.

What Are The Important Requirements of Filing Annual Compliance?

What are the Documents Required Filing of Annual Compliance?

Form 8

You must file the Form 8 inside 30 days from the completion of 6 months after a financial year ends. Two designated partners can sign this form digitally. Also, a company secretary/chartered accountant/cost accountant must certify the same. There are 2 parts in a Form 8 -

• Part A - The solvency statement
• Part B - Statement of expenditure & income, statement of accounts.

For not filing the Form 8 on time, a penalty of Rs 100 per day will be imposed.

Form 11

This form contains details such as the total number of designated partners, details of partners along with details of body corporates as partners, contributions received by the partners and summary of all partners. All LLPs must file the Form 11 within 60 days after the end of the financial year, along with the fee prescribed. Therefore, the LLPs should file their Form 11 by 30th May every year.

An LLP will not be allowed to close or wind up till it files all its annual returns. Therefore, all LLPs must file their annual returns on time, to avoid penalties.

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