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Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets

Foreign Liabilities and Assets

 

 

Annual Return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA) under FEMA Act

Which companies are required to submit the FLA Return?

The annual return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets (FLA) is required to be submitted directly by all the Indian companies which have received FDI (foreign direct investment) and/or made FDI abroad (i.e. overseas investment) in the previous year including the current year i.e. who holds foreign Assets or Liabilities in their Balance Sheets.

If a company did not receive FDI or made overseas investment in any of the previous year including the current year, do we need to submit the FLA Return?

If the Indian company does not have any outstanding investment in respect of inward and outward FDI as on end-March of reporting year, the company need not submit the FLA Return.

If the company has not received any inward FDI / made overseas investment in the latest year, do they need to submit the FLA Return?

If the company has not ‘received any fresh FDI and/or ODI (overseas direct investment)’ in the latest year but the company has outstanding FDI and/or ODI, then that company is required to submit the FLA Return every year by July 15.

What information should be reported in FLA return, if balance sheet of the company is not audited before the due date of submission?

If the company’s accounts are not audited before the due date of submission, i.e. July 15, then the FLA Return should be submitted based on unaudited (provisional) account. Once the accounts get audited and there are revisions from the provisional information submitted by the company, they are supposed to submit the revised FLA return based on audited accounts by end – September.

What will be the consequences in case we do not file the said FLA Return by 15th July, as our accounts are not audited as yet, and we do not wish to file it with unaudited figures. Will there be any imposition of penalty or prosecution initiated against the company by RBI or FEMA?

Annual return on Foreign Liabilities and Assets has been notified under FEMA 1999 and it is required to be submitted by all the India resident companies which have received FDI and/ or made overseas investment in any of the previous year(s), including current year by July 15 every year. Non-filing of the return before due date will be treated as a violation of FEMA and penalty clause may be invoked for violation of FEMA.

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