Private Limited Company Annual Compliance Cost 2026-27

Last Reviewed 07 November 2026

The annual compliance cost of a Private Limited Company is often misunderstood.

Some service providers quote only the cost of filing AOC-4 and MGT-7/MGT-7A. Others quote a bundled annual package that also covers accounts finalisation, statutory audit support, company income-tax return, Board/AGM documentation and GST returns.

Those are not the same service.

For FY 2026-27, a normal active Private Limited Company needs to budget for more than two ROC forms. Even a company with little or no turnover generally continues to have company-law obligations involving:

• books of account and financial statements;
• statutory audit by the appointed auditor;
• Board and AGM documentation;
• ROC filing of financial statements;
• annual return filing;
• company income-tax return; and
• conditional filings such as DPT-3, MSME Form I, GST, TDS or other event-based forms where applicable.

This guide explains what the annual cost actually covers, the current CompDesk FY 2026-27 pricing structure, which charges are additional and how to budget realistically.

Quick Answer: How Much Does Pvt Ltd Company Annual Compliance Cost in India? (Fee Breakdown)

Check Compdesk latest annual compliance package by clicking here Annual compliance pricing

For a straightforward small Private Limited Company, Compdesk currently starts at:

₹11,999 per year + 18% GST = ₹14,159/-

for the entry-level annual compliance package shown on the live pricing page.

The current published full-plan totals run up to: ₹39,999 + 18% GST = approximately ₹47,198 for the large enterprises.

Government filing fees, penalties, DSC costs and other third-party/statutory charges are separate at actuals.

The exact cost depends mainly on:

• annual turnover;
• transaction volume;
• quality of books;
• GST registration and return-filing scope;
• whether TDS/payroll or other recurring compliances apply;
• whether tax audit applies;
• number of directors/shareholders and changes during the year;
• whether additional ROC/event-based forms are required; and
• whether the company has complex transactions or related-party matters.

Mandatory ROC & Annual Compliance Checklist for Private Limited Companies

Annual compliance is not one form or one filing.

For most small Private Limited Companies, the annual cycle has four main components.

1. ROC / Companies Act Compliance

This commonly includes:

• Board meeting documentation;
• AGM documentation;
• directors' disclosures such as MBP-1;
• Board's Report;
• AOC-4 Financial-statement form;
• MGT-7 or MGT-7A, depending on classification;
• auditor appointment 
• statutory-register updation; and
• conditional forms such as DPT-3 where applicable.

2. Accounts Finalisation

Annual filing cannot be completed correctly without proper books.

Accounts finalisation commonly includes:

• bank reconciliation;
• customer/vendor ledger review;
• expense classification;
• fixed assets and depreciation;
• loans and advances;
• share capital;
• statutory dues;
• related-party balances;
• GST reconciliation;
• TDS reconciliation;
• provisions and accruals; and
• preparation of Balance Sheet, Profit & Loss and notes.

3. Statutory Audit

A normal Private Limited Company is subject to statutory audit under the Companies Act.

This remains relevant even where the company:

• has nil turnover;
• has only a few transactions;
• made a loss;
• was incorporated recently; or
• did not meaningfully start operations.

The audit must be performed independently by the company's appointed statutory auditor.

4. Company Income-Tax Return

A company also has an income-tax return compliance requirement.

For Tax Year 2026-27, the Income-tax Act, 2025 framework applies. The normal company return due date is 31 October 2027, subject to the applicable provisions and any future extension.

Note:- The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) extended the Income Tax Return (ITR) filing deadline for Assessment Year (AY) 2026–27 (Previous Year 2025–26) for companies and other audited taxpayers from October 31, 2026, to November 21, 2026, via Circular No. 07/2026.

Where a separate income-tax audit under Section 63 applies, the current framework uses Form 26, normally due one month before the relevant return due date.

Current Compdesk Annual Compliance Pricing for FY 2026-27

Compdesk live pricing page currently structures Private Limited Company compliance by:

• turnover;
• annual transaction volume;
• ROC work;
• books finalisation and company ITR; and
• GST-return scope.

The pricing page states that the ROC annual compliance and accounting services are for the financial year ending 31 March 2027. For the live package structure, see the Annual compliance pricing.

Important: Package Turnover Bands Are Not GST Law Thresholds

The package bands are a service-pricing structure.

They should not be read as a legal statement that GST becomes mandatory only after a particular package turnover.

GST registration depends on:

• whether the business supplies goods or services;
• the State/UT;
• aggregate turnover;
• compulsory-registration provisions;
• e-commerce activity;
• inter-State supplies; and
• applicable notifications.

For example, many service businesses use a ₹20 lakh normal registration threshold rather than a ₹40 lakh goods threshold.

Therefore:

Choose the compliance package based on your actual filing scope, not by assuming the package label itself determines GST liability.

If the company is not GST-registered, there is no reason to purchase monthly GST return filing merely because a package table contains a GST component. The final quote should reflect the company's actual legal position and scope.

What Does the Starting Package Cover?

The current CompDesk pricing structure splits the entry-level cost into two main parts:

ROC Annual Compliance : ₹6,000

The live pricing page lists work such as:

• AGM and Board meeting resolutions/minutes;
• INC-20A where needed;
• MBP-1 director declarations;
• auditor-related compliance where applicable;
• AOC-4;
• MGT-7/MGT-7A as applicable; and
• DPT-3 where applicable.

Books Finalisation & ITR : ₹5,999/-

The page lists:

• preparation of annual Balance Sheet and Profit & Loss;
• statutory audit within the independent-auditor framework;
• company income-tax return filing; and
• basic Zoho Books implementation for accounting.

That creates the ₹11,999 starting annual fee before GST.

Important audit independence point

The pricing page separately states that the statutory audit is performed independently by the appointed auditor and Compdesk provides coordination and audit support.

This is legally important.

The audit opinion must remain the independent responsibility of the statutory auditor. The exact commercial treatment of audit work should be confirmed in the written engagement/quote, especially for companies with:

• high transaction volume;
• inventory;
• foreign transactions;
• complex revenue recognition;
• significant related parties;
• multiple bank accounts;
• unreconciled books; or
• material audit issues.

Why Does Annual Compliance Cost Increase With Turnover?

Turnover itself is only one indicator.

The real workload is driven by volume and complexity.

A ₹15 lakh consulting company with 20 invoices can be easier to close than a ₹10 lakh e-commerce company with hundreds of transactions, payment-gateway settlements and returns.

The CompDesk pricing page therefore also uses annual transaction limits:

• up to 10;
• up to 100;
• up to 200;
• up to 500; and
• more than 500.

As transaction volume rises, more work is required for:

• bookkeeping review;
• ledger reconciliation;
• GST matching;
• bank reconciliation;
• expense checking;
• year-end closing;
• supporting audit evidence; and
• tax computation.

Cost Component 1: ROC Annual Filing Cost & Forms: AOC-4, MGT-7 & MGT-7A

The principal annual ROC forms for a normal Private Limited Company usually include:

AOC-4

AOC-4 or the applicable financial-statement form is used to file the company's financial statements and prescribed attachments.

For a normal company, filing is generally linked to the AGM and is due within 30 days of the AGM.

MGT-7 / MGT-7A

The annual return is generally filed within 60 days of the AGM.

MGT-7A is available for qualifying small companies and OPCs, while other companies generally use MGT-7.

Under the current prescribed definition, a small company generally has paid-up capital not exceeding ₹4 crore and turnover not exceeding ₹40 crore, subject to the statutory exclusions such as holding/subsidiary companies, Section 8 companies and companies governed by special Acts.

Government filing fee

MCA filing fees are separate from CompDesk professional fees.

Under the general MCA filing-fee schedule for companies having share capital, normal form fees are broadly linked to nominal share capital and commonly range from ₹200 to ₹600 per form.

The MCA portal calculates the actual challan amount.

Do not confuse this normal Government form fee with the much larger cost of:

• preparing accounts;
• audit;
• Board's Report;
• annual-return working;
• professional review; and
• tax filing.

Cost Component 2: Statutory Audit Rules & Fees for Pvt Ltd Companies (Section 139)

A statutory audit is not optional for a normal Private Limited Company merely because turnover is low.

This is one of the biggest differences between:

• a company; and
• some other business structures where audit can depend on thresholds.

The statutory auditor must independently audit the financial statements and issue the auditor's report.

What increases audit effort?

Audit cost/work can increase where the company has:

• large transaction volumes;
• inventory;
• loans;
• fixed assets;
• related-party transactions;
• multiple locations;
• foreign currency transactions;
• export/import;
• complex GST;
• employee payroll;
• large receivable/payable balances;
• accounting errors;
• missing supporting documents; or
• weak internal controls.

Nil turnover does not mean no audit

A newly incorporated or dormant-looking company can still have:

• incorporation expenses;
• bank charges;
• share capital;
• director transactions;
• professional fees; and
• other balances

that must be accounted for and audited.

That is why CompDesk's current Nil/Fresh Company package still includes accounts and annual compliance.

Cost Component 3: Books Finalisation

Annual compliance pricing assumes the accounting records are usable.

Where records are incomplete, substantial bookkeeping clean-up may be required before the annual report can be prepared.

Annual finalisation usually includes

• Trial Balance;
• Balance Sheet;
• Profit & Loss;
• notes;
• depreciation;
• outstanding expenses;
• prepaid expenses;
• bank reconciliation;
• tax balances;
• GST balances;
• TDS balances; and
• related-party reconciliation.

Monthly bookkeeping is different

CompDesk's live pricing page separately lists Monthly Accounting at ₹1,500 per month for businesses up to ₹50 lakh turnover under the stated package conditions.

This is important.

Annual books finalisation is not the same as full monthly bookkeeping throughout the year.

If the company sends a year's unclassified bank statement at year-end, the additional accounting workload may fall outside the normal annual-compliance assumptions.

Cost Component 4: Company Income-Tax Return

The company's tax return is separate from ROC filing.

For Tax Year 2026-27:

• the Income-tax Act, 2025 applies;
• normal company ITR due date is 31 October 2027; and
• tax-audit cases use the applicable audit framework.

The company ITR should reconcile with:

• audited financial statements;
• GST turnover;
• TDS data;
• AIS / tax records;
• depreciation;
• brought-forward losses; and
• tax payments.

Director ITR is not included automatically

The current CompDesk pricing notes state that directors' personal income-tax returns are separate and can be taken as add-on services.

Company ITR and director ITR are different taxpayers and different filings.

GST is not ROC compliance

A company can have:

• ROC compliance without GST registration; or
• both ROC and GST compliance.

Treating GST as part of "company annual compliance" without checking the company's GST status can inflate a quote unnecessarily.

Cost Component 6: Tax Audit,  If Separately Applicable

Company statutory audit and income-tax audit are not the same thing.

Every normal Private Limited Company has a Companies Act statutory audit.

A separate tax audit under Section 63 of the Income-tax Act, 2025 depends on tax-law applicability.

The Income Tax Department currently confirms business tax-audit thresholds broadly remain:

• turnover/gross receipts above ₹1 crore; or
• up to ₹10 crore threshold where the prescribed 5% cash-receipt and 5% cash-payment conditions are satisfied,

along with other specified cases.

CompDesk's live pricing notes state that tax audit, where applicable, is quoted separately.

Do not assume the annual package automatically includes every tax-audit scenario.

Other Costs That May Be Additional

The current Compdesk pricing page specifically states that several items are outside the normal annual package unless included or separately quoted.

These can include:

• Government/statutory filing fees;
• penalties and additional filing fees;
• DSC renewal/replacement;
• tax audit;
• director ITR;
• TDS compliance;
• Professional Tax;
• PF/ESI;
• payroll;
• ESOP-related work;
• event-based ROC forms; and
• third-party charges.

DPT-3

DPT-3 can apply depending on the nature of outstanding money/borrowings.

Do not assume it applies only where the company has public deposits.

The current CompDesk ROC package lists DPT-3 where applicable.

MSME Form I

This can apply where the company has reportable payments to micro or small enterprises beyond the statutory period.

It should be assessed from the vendor data and payment history.

Auditor Appointment / ADT-1

Auditor appointment compliance depends on the stage and legal basis of appointment.

The first auditor appointed by the Board under Section 139(6) and the normal auditor appointment under Section 139(1) should not be treated as identical filing events.

ADT-1 should be filed where it is legally applicable rather than mechanically added every year.

Director KYC

Director KYC should be monitored according to the current MCA rule applicable to the specific DIN.

It should not be priced as an automatic annual Government filing for every director without checking the current due cycle and director status.

MCA & Income Tax Annual Filing Due Date Calendar (FY 2026–27 / AY 2027–28)

FY 2026-27 ends on 31 March 2027

For a normal existing Private Limited Company with a 31 March year-end:

First-year companies can have a different AGM timeline

The first AGM generally has a separate nine-month-from-first-financial-year-close framework.

Do not use 30 September mechanically for a company's first AGM.

MCA Govt Fees & Penalty Calculation (Section 403 / ₹100 Daily Penalty)

Government charges are separate from professional fees.

Under MCA's general filing-fee schedule, normal fees for companies having share capital are linked to nominal share capital.

Broadly:

This is the general MCA form-fee structure; the exact form and challan amount should be checked on the MCA portal.

Late filing can cost far more

Section 403 provides an additional-fee regime for delayed Section 92 annual returns and Section 137 financial statements.

Late filing can also trigger separate statutory penalties.

Therefore:

filing on time is materially cheaper than regularising late annual compliance.

CompDesk's current pricing excludes:

• late fees;
• penalties; and
• Government charges

from the professional package.

How to Keep Annual Compliance Cost Low

1. Maintain Books Monthly

Clean monthly books reduce year-end accounting and audit time.

2. Reconcile GST and TDS Regularly

Do not leave GST turnover, ITC and TDS differences until audit season.

3. Keep Director and Shareholder Records Updated

Inform the compliance team immediately when:

• a director changes;
• shares are allotted/transferred;
• registered office changes; or
• loans are received.

4. Keep Vendor MSME Status

Maintain Udyam/MSME status in the vendor master.

This makes MSME Form I and financial-statement reporting easier.

5. Avoid Personal Transactions Through the Company

Mixed personal/business transactions increase:

• accounting work;
• related-party analysis;
• audit queries; and
• tax risk.

6. Provide Documents Before the Due-Date Rush

The current CompDesk terms expressly state that timely completion depends on receiving complete documents, information and approvals from the client.

7. Use the Right Package, Not the Highest Package

A company with:

• ₹15 lakh turnover;
• 40 transactions;
• no GST registration; and
• no employees

should not be treated like a ₹2 crore trading business with 2,000 transactions.

Pricing should match the actual workload.

What Should You Ask Before Buying an Annual Compliance Package?

Ask the provider to confirm:

• Is statutory audit covered or charged separately?
• Is accounting/book finalisation included?
• Is the company ITR included?
• Are AOC-4 and MGT-7/MGT-7A included?
• Is DPT-3 included if applicable?
• Are Board and AGM documents included?
• Is GST filing included?
• How many transactions are covered?
• Is monthly bookkeeping included or only year-end finalisation?
• Are Government fees extra?
• Are late fees/penalties extra?
• Is tax audit extra?
• Is TDS filing extra?
• Are director ITRs extra?
• Are event-based ROC filings extra?
• Is DSC renewal extra?

A quote that simply says:

"Annual compliance ₹4,999" is not comparable with another quote unless the scope is identical.

CompDesk Annual Compliance Scope at a Glance

Based on the current live service and pricing pages, CompDesk's Private Limited Company annual-compliance service can include:

• financial-statement preparation/review;
• AOC-4;
• MGT-7/MGT-7A;
• company income-tax return;
• Board's Report;
• Board and AGM notices/minutes/resolutions;
• statutory-register support;
• auditor-related filings where applicable;
• annual accounting/finalisation;
• statutory audit coordination/support; and
• GST filings in plans where included.

The live service page currently advertises Private Limited Company annual compliance starting at ₹11,999/year.

You can review the detailed service at Private Limited Company Annual Compliance and compare current packages on the Compdesk pricing page.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the annual compliance cost of a Private Limited Company in India?

The cost depends on turnover, transaction volume and scope. Compdesk currently publishes Private Limited Company annual-compliance plans starting at ₹11,999 per year before GST for FY ending 31 March 2027, with higher packages for larger or GST-intensive businesses.

2. Does a nil-turnover Private Limited Company need annual compliance?

Yes. A normal active Private Limited Company can still require statutory audit, financial statements, AGM/Board documentation, AOC-4, annual return and company income-tax return even where turnover is nil.

3. Is statutory audit included in annual company compliance?

Statutory audit is a mandatory company-law requirement for a normal Private Limited Company. CompDesk's current annual package structure lists statutory audit within the accounts/ITR workstream while stating that the audit is independently performed by the appointed auditor and CompDesk provides coordination/support. Confirm the final commercial scope in the quote.

4. Are Government ROC filing fees included in the CompDesk price?

The current pricing page states that Government/statutory fees are extra at actuals unless specifically stated otherwise.

5. Is GST filing included in annual ROC compliance?

GST filing is a separate tax-compliance stream. CompDesk offers combined plans that include GST filing at certain tiers, but GST should be included only where the company is registered and the service is required.

6. Are AOC-4 and MGT-7 mandatory every year?

A normal active company must file its annual financial statements and annual return in the applicable MCA forms. Depending on classification, the annual-return form can be MGT-7 or MGT-7A.

7. Does the company have to file ITR if it has a loss?

A company generally continues to have a return-filing obligation even where it has a loss or no tax payable. The return also matters for carrying forward eligible losses, subject to tax-law conditions.

8. Is tax audit included in the annual compliance package?

The CompDesk pricing notes state that tax audit, where applicable, is quoted separately. Companies Act statutory audit and income-tax audit are different requirements.

9. What costs are usually extra?

Typical extras can include Government fees, penalties, DSC, tax audit, director ITR, TDS compliance, PF/ESI, payroll, event-based ROC filings and other third-party charges.

10. What is the best annual compliance package for a small company?

Choose based on actual turnover, transaction volume, GST status and accounting complexity. For a newly incorporated or very low-activity company, CompDesk currently starts at ₹11,999/year before GST. A growing company with GST and more transactions should use the relevant higher tier.

Need a Clear Annual Compliance Quote?

The annual compliance cost should reflect what your company actually needs—not a generic list of forms.

Compdesk can review your turnover, transaction volume, GST status and annual filing requirements and confirm the appropriate fixed-fee package before work starts.

Review the current CompDesk pricing or see the Private Limited Company Annual Compliance service.