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Government of India

Ministry of Corporate Affairs

11-July-2011 18:21 IST

Filing of Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Account in eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) mode

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has partially modified the Para 2 of its Circular No. 26/2011 issued on 18.05.2011. As per the modification the filing on MCA 21 in the XBRL mode will be effective in respect of financial statements closing on or after 31.03.2011 instead of the year 2011-12.

Further, in continuation to the Circular no. 37/2011 dated 07.06.2011, the further information is given as under: --

(i) Besides signing by signatories as specified u/s 215 of the Companies Act, 1956, the Statutory Auditor has to certify the financial statements prepared in XBRL mode for filing on MCA-21 portal.

(ii) Phase-1 class of companies as per Circular 9/2011 dated 31.03.2011 and later exempted from XBRL filing (under Power sector, Insurance sector, NBFC and Banking sector) who are unable to file their financial statements would be exempted from additional fee due to delay in filing up to 30.09.2011.

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XBRL filing requirement: electronic-format financial statements must include statutory auditor certification before portal submission. XBRL is mandated for filing balance sheet and profit and loss accounts on the electronic filing portal for financial years from the revised effective date; statutory signing requirements continue and the Statutory Auditor must certify XBRL-prepared financial statements prior to portal submission. Specified company classes and certain sectoral exemptions unable to file in XBRL are temporarily protected from additional fee penalties for delayed filings subject to the announced interim concession.