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The Companies Intellectual Property Commissioner (CIPC) requires that ALL South African CC’s and PTY Companies pay Annual Return Fees every 12 months. Also, they hereby know that your company is still actively trading and upkeep your information in their database.” Companies who do not submit their annual returns run the risk of being deregistered.
Firstly, to stay Compliant: To apply at any Government Institution or Regulating (e.g CSD), you need to ensure that your Company is always compliant with CIPC. This will also ensure that there are no delays when applying for a business loan at the bank as the bank account can be frozen due to non compliance at CIPC.
Secondly, no penalties or Deregistration: Submitting your Annual Returns at CIPC every year, will prevent you from having to pay penalty fees for late submission as it is required by law. It will also keep your company status Active and prevent your Company from going into a Deregistration status at CIPC which can also result in suppliers revoking your credit facility.
*If your submission is overdue there will be penalty fees at CIPC. If your turnover has been more than R1million for the past 12 months, CIPC will charge you extra. See more Annual Return Questions and Answers below the Application Form.
(1) Apply: Upon application you will receive an invoice of R390 which is purely our Submission Fee to file your Annual Returns for 1 year. See the application form above.
(2) Filing: We will file your Company’s Annual Returns using the information you have given us. CIPC will then confirm your Company’s CIPC Annual Return Fees, which we will add to your invoice. Here follows the factors making up your final invoice total:
(3) Delivery: We will process the Annual Return Submission and receive your Annual Return Certificate within 2 working days from CIPC. Your Annual Return Certificate will be made available on your Customer Account (we will notify you via email).
Yes. If the deregistration is due to annual return non compliance, the deregistration process will be cancelled if all outstanding annual returns are filed while it is still in such status. Please complete the above online form above immediately for us to correct this matter.
Yes, ALL Companies and Close Corporations (CCs) are required by the South African law to file their annual returns with the CIPC on an annual basis, within a prescribed time period. We can assist you with this process (even if you have not done so over the last few years) – please complete and submit our easy online form above to start.
Your annual return is for CIPC to confirm whether your Company or Close Corporation (CC) is still in business or trading, or if your Company / CC will be in business in the near future.
The whole process can be completed within 1 – 2 working days. There will be no need for you to create your own CIPC admin panel and/or pay money over to CIPC, as we take care of everything for you and make the payment to CIPC for your outstanding annual returns.
Read more about Annual Returns here.
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