2,900 companies struck off register due to the absence of AR as of 1 March: DICA

A total of 2,900 companies have been struck off the register as of 1 March 2022 since July 2021 as they fail to submit annual return (AR) on the online registry system, MyCO, according to the Directorate of Investment and Company Administration (DICA).
The DICA has notified any registered company which fails to submit its AR on MyCO are to be suspended, under Section 430 (F) of Myanmar Companies Law, according to the DICA’s notification.
All registered companies need to file AR on the MyCO registry system within two months of incorporation, and at least once every year (not later than one month after the anniversary of the incorporation), according to the Section 97 of the law.
In accord with the Section 266 (a) of the Myanmar Companies Law 2017, public companies must submit annual returns and financial statements (G-5) simultaneously.
All overseas corporations must submit ARs in the prescribed format on MyCO within 28 days of the financial year ending, as per Section 53 (A-1) of the Myanmar Companies Law 2017.
As per DICA’s report, more than 16,000 companies were suspended for failing to submit AR forms within the timeframe. Newly established companies are required to submit ARs within two months of incorporation or face a fine of K100,000 for filing late returns.
The DICA has notified that any company which fails to submit its AR within 13 months will be notified of its suspension (I-9A). If it fails to submit the AR within 28 days of receiving the notice, the system will show the company’s status as suspended. Companies can restore their status only after shelling out a fine of K50,000 for AR fee, K100,000 for restoration of the company on the register, and K100,000 for late filing of documents, totaling K250,000.
If a company fails to restore its status within six months of suspension, the registrar will strike its name off the register, according to the DICA notice.
The registration and re-registration of companies on the MyCO website was commenced on 1 August 2018, in keeping with the Myanmar Companies Law 2017. The number of companies registered on the online registry system, MyCO, totalled 2,100 in the past two months (Jan-Feb) 2022, the statistics released by the DICA.
At present, 100 per cent of the applicants are using the online registration platform, according to the data provided by the DICA.—GNLM