AOC-4 — annual filing of financial statements
The filing of a company's financial statements with the Registrar — balance sheet, profit and loss, the auditor's report and the board's report as attachments. Issued and governed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). Below: who files it, when, and the mistake that costs people the most — plus the free tools for the PDFs that come with it, all of which run on your device.
Open the tools- Who files it, when, and what people get AOC-4 wrong
- The current form always comes from the authority — we never host a copy
- Combine, compress, scan and redact the paperwork around it, free
- Everything runs in your browser — no upload, no account
Who files AOC-4
Every company registered in India, including one that did not trade during the year.
When
Generally within a period after the annual general meeting, on dates notified each year.
The thing people get wrong
The late fee here accrues per day with no ceiling in the way people expect, so a filing forgotten for a year becomes an expensive one. Dormant companies are where this happens, because nobody is watching a company that is not doing anything.
Where to get the current AOC-4
From the MCA portal. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). We deliberately do not host a copy of any government form. They are revised without notice, and a stale file served from here would be worse than none — you would file it and find out months later.
The tools people need around AOC-4
AOC-4 is filed with the authority, not with us. What we do is the document work around it — the part where a payroll portal caps uploads at a few megabytes, or two certificates have to become one file, or a statement has to become rows you can total.
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Frequently asked questions
What is AOC-4?
The filing of a company's financial statements with the Registrar — balance sheet, profit and loss, the auditor's report and the board's report as attachments.
Who needs to file AOC-4?
Every company registered in India, including one that did not trade during the year.
Where do I download AOC-4?
From the MCA portal — see Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA). We do not host a copy: government forms are revised without notice, and a stale copy is worse than none.
Can DiemDesk file AOC-4 for me?
No, and nothing here does. We are document tools, not a filing service. What we help with is the paperwork around the filing — combining certificates, compressing a scan under a portal's upload limit, turning a statement into a spreadsheet, or redacting an account number before you forward something. All of it runs in your browser.
Are my documents uploaded?
No. The in-browser tools open and rebuild the file on your own device, so a Form 16 or a bank statement never leaves it. Open your browser's Network tab and you will see no request carrying the file.
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