Return filing register and filing certificate
Every return, its form, its frequency, its date and its portal, and the chapter that should end the belief that there is now "one return".
- 2 pages
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- Word and PDF
- 12 September 2026
What it covers
- 1Return filing register and filing certificateInternal working paper · one per establishment per year
Read the opening
The first part of the format, as it downloads. Blanks are highlighted.
Maintained through the year. The certificate at the foot is what the firm signs before issuing a compliance certificate to the client
[Client name] PRIVATE LIMITED — RETURN FILING REGISTER
Establishment: [Name, address, State] Year: [YYYY-YY]
Sphere: [Central / State] If State-sphere, State rules notified: [Yes, dated DD.MM.YYYY / No — Central forms used as a template]
Return | Form | Period | Due | Filed on | Acknowledgement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Provident fund ECR | Form VII | [Month] | 15th | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [TRRN] |
Contractor declaration / intimation / abstract | X, XI, XII | [Month] | 10th / 10th / 20th | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
Employees' state insurance contribution | Portal | [Month] | 15th | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Challan] |
Return of Contributions — self-certification | System-generated | [Apr–Sep / Oct–Mar] | 11 Nov / 12 May | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
OSH annual return | Form XVII | [Year] | [1 February — date not confirmed against the gazette] | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
OSH half-yearly return | Form XVIII | [Jan–Jun / Jul–Dec] | [Not confirmed] | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
Unified annual return — gratuity and maternity | Form XXIII | [Year] | 28 / 29 February | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
POSH annual report — district [__] | Rule 14 format | [Calendar year] | [31 January / 28 February] | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Receipt] |
Professional tax return | [State form] | [Period] | [State date] | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
Labour Welfare Fund | [State form] | [Period] | [State date] | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
State IR return, where the State prescribes one | [State form] | [Year] | [State date] | [DD.MM.YYYY] | [Reference] |
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