The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) in a notification has allowed companies to file their financial statements and annual returns for FY 2024–25 using the newly revised e-forms on the MCA-21 version 3 portal without paying additional fees. In view of deployment of new e-forms, and considering that companies may require some time to get familiarised with the filing process, and keeping in view the requests received from various stakeholders, the ministry has been decided that companies will be allowed to complete their annual filings for FY25 till December 31, 2025 without payment of additional fees, the ministry statement said.