INC-20A due date: 180 days after you register.
INC-20A, the form that declares your company has started business, is due within 180 days of registration. Register on 1 April 2026, and the form is due by 28 September 2026. Until it is filed, the company cannot start business or borrow money. Skip it altogether, and the penalty is ₹50,000 on the company, plus ₹1,000 a day on each officer in default, up to ₹1 lakh.
- Every filing is checked before you approve it
- Filed on its date, every year
- If a date is missed because of us, that month is free
INC-20A this year
180 days from registration
Registered on 1 April 2026 means file by 28 September 2026
An example of how it goes.
INC-20A, in plain words.
- What it is.
- INC-20A declares that your company has started business. It says every shareholder has paid for the shares they took, and that your registered office has been confirmed to the ROC.
- Who has to file it.
- Every company with share capital, registered after 2 November 2018, files it. A company without share capital, and an LLP, do not file it.
- The date, and how it is counted.
- 180 days from your registration date, not a fixed date on the calendar. Count from the date on your registration certificate, not from the day the bank account opened.
- The government fee and the late fee.
- There is a small government fee that depends on your share capital, from ₹200 to ₹600. Filed late, that fee multiplies, from 2 times up to 12 times the normal fee. This is not the ₹100 a day rule used for the yearly accounts and the yearly return.
- If you miss it.
- The company stays blocked from starting business or borrowing until the form goes in. Not filing at all brings a penalty of ₹50,000 on the company, plus ₹1,000 a day on each officer in default, up to ₹1 lakh. After 180 days, the ROC can start removing the company from the register.
- How it is filed and who signs.
- It goes in on the MCA portal, run by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. The bank statement showing the share money received goes with it. So does any approval a regulated business needs, for example from the RBI or SEBI. A director signs it with a digital signature, and a practising professional certifies it.
What we do for you.
- We track your 180-day window from day one.
- We put the date on our calendar the moment your company is registered, so it does not slip past the first year.
- We check the share money is in the bank first.
- The common trap is share money promised but never paid into the company's account. We confirm it has landed before we prepare the form.
- We prepare the form and the attachments.
- The bank statement, the registered office confirmation, and any regulator approval your business needs. You approve it with your digital signature. We file it.
- We work out the cost of a delay.
- If the 180 days have already passed, we work out the slab fee for the days late. We file it as soon as your share money is confirmed.
- We line it up with your first-year forms.
- This runs alongside naming your first auditor, so both first-year forms are tracked on one calendar, not two.
Your side of it.
Small things, sent any way you like. We do the rest.
- Confirmation that the share money has reached the company's bank account
- Your registered office address, if not confirmed already
- Any regulator approval your business needs, for example from the RBI or SEBI
Confirm the share money is in the bank, approve the form, and it is filed inside your 180 days.
What people ask about the INC-20A due date.
What if the share money was never deposited?
Then the declaration cannot be made truthfully, since it says every shareholder has paid. The fix is to pay the money into the company's bank account first, then file the form once it has landed.
Can I open a bank account before this form is filed?
Yes. The company's bank account has to exist before the share money can go into it, so this comes first. INC-20A confirms that the money has reached that account.
The 180 days have already passed. What now?
File it now, with the late fee. The fee is 2 to 12 times the normal government fee, higher the longer the delay. Filing late is far better than not filing, because the ₹50,000 penalty is for not filing at all. Send us the bank statement showing the share money, and we file it.
Does this apply to an LLP or a company with no share capital?
No. INC-20A is for a company that has issued share capital. An LLP and a company without share capital do not file it.
Can I raise money before this form is filed?
The company cannot borrow money until INC-20A is filed. A bank loan, a director's loan, any borrowing: all of it waits for this form. Share money is the other way round. The shareholders have to pay for their shares before the form can be filed at all.