Glossary
The words you meet in DueFiler, in simple language.
- AGMAnnual General Meeting
- The yearly meeting where a company’s members approve the accounts and appoint auditors. Many filings are due a fixed number of days after the AGM.
- AOC-4
- The form used to file a company’s financial statements with the ROC. It is due within 30 days of the AGM.
- Approver
- The person you name on a task to sign off the work. You choose the approver yourself each time.Send a task for approval →
- Assignee
- The person who does the work on a task. You can change the assignee at any time.Work on a task →
- Associate company
- A company in which another company has significant influence, as defined in Section 2(6) of the Companies Act, 2013.Link companies in a group →
- Billing firm
- The legal identity that issues your invoices. It has its own PAN, GSTIN, bank account and invoice number series. You can have more than one.Create an invoice →
- Blocked
- A task status that means the work cannot go ahead for now. It can be set by a person, or by DueFiler when a needed DSC is not valid.Why a task is Blocked because of a DSC →
- Checklist item
- One line on a task’s checklist. It is either File Upload (a document), Confirmation (a tick box with no file) or System Auto (filled in by DueFiler).Work on a task →
- CINCorporate Identity Number
- The 21-character number the ROC gives to every company. It is shown on the client’s page.
- Compliance calendar
- The list of due dates for one client in one financial year. DueFiler builds it from your firm’s list of Acts and Rules.Create a client’s compliance calendar →
- DINDirector Identification Number
- The unique 8-digit number given to each director. One person has one DIN, even if they sit on many boards.Track DIR-3 KYC →
- DIR-3 KYC
- The KYC filing a director makes to keep their DIN active. It is now due every three financial years, by 30 June. A change in mobile number, email or address needs a fresh filing within 30 days.Track DIR-3 KYC →
- DSCDigital Signature Certificate
- The digital signature, usually kept on a USB token, that is used to sign filings. It has an expiry date.Record a DSC →
- Due date and internal due date
- The Statutory Due Date is the date set by law. The Internal Due Date is the earlier date you set for your own team, so the work is ready in time.Create a task from a template →
- Encryption-only certificate
- A DSC that can protect data but cannot sign a filing. It may look valid, but it cannot be used to file.Why a task is Blocked because of a DSC →
- Financial yearFY
- The accounting year, usually 1 April to 31 March. It is written as 2026-27 in DueFiler.
- Firm ID
- The short name of your firm in DueFiler. You type it first when you sign in. Your Admin can tell you what it is.Sign in →
- GSTINGoods and Services Tax Identification Number
- The 15-character GST number of a client or of your billing firm.
- Holding company
- A company that controls another company. The other company is its subsidiary. See Section 2(46) of the Companies Act, 2013.Link companies in a group →
- KMPKey Managerial Personnel
- The senior officers of a company, such as the managing director, the CEO, the CFO and the company secretary.Complete a client’s profile →
- LLPINLimited Liability Partnership Identification Number
- The number the ROC gives to a limited liability partnership.
- Maker-checker
- A way of working where one person prepares the work and another person checks and approves it. In DueFiler, this is the assignee and the approver.Send a task for approval →
- MCA V3
- Version 3 of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs portal, where ROC forms are filed.
- MGT-7
- The form for a company’s annual return. It is due within 60 days of the AGM.
- PANPermanent Account Number
- The 10-character tax number of a person, a company or a firm.
- Read-only mode
- What happens when a trial or plan ends. You can still see and download everything, but you cannot add or change anything.What happens when my trial ends →
- ROCRegistrar of Companies
- The government office where companies and LLPs are registered and where their forms are filed.
- SAC and HSN code
- A code that names the kind of service (SAC) or goods (HSN) on an invoice, for GST. Your firm keeps a list of these codes.Create an invoice →
- SRNService Request Number
- The number the MCA portal gives you when you file a form. Keep it as proof of the filing.
- Statutory register
- A record that the law requires a company to keep, such as the Register of Members or the Register of Directors.Maintain a statutory register →
- Subsidiary company
- A company that is controlled by another company, its holding company. See Section 2(87) of the Companies Act, 2013.Link companies in a group →
- Track
- The progress of an item on the Compliance Calendar. It is Pending, Marked filed, Waived or N/A. Only Pending items count as overdue.Read the compliance calendar →
- Watcher
- A person who follows a task to stay informed, without doing the work. A watcher gets the task’s notifications.Work on a task →