A logic-gated review of every gate to clear before signing and filing Form DPT-3 with the Registrar. Manual checks track your diligence; the quantitative and conditional checks validate themselves and hold the readiness stamp until they pass.
Rule 16 & 16A · Companies (Acceptance of Deposits) Rules, 2014 · Form No. DPT-3
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Applicability & scope of the return
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Decide whether DPT-3 is triggered at all, and which of the four purposes applies. Getting the purpose wrong is the single most common defect — it changes the mandatory fields, the attachments and even the processing track (STP vs non-STP).
DPT-3 is required from every company other than a Government company that has any deposit or any exempt receipt/loan outstanding.
A common error is assuming "no public deposits = no DPT-3". Outstanding money under Rule 2(1)(c) must still be reported in field 15.
Return of Deposit · Particulars of exempt transactions (Rule 2(1)(c)) · Both · One-time return. Only one may be chosen, and it must reflect what the company actually holds.
Due-date & additional-fee calculator30 June
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Portal, user & DSC readiness
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The signing infrastructure. Most rejected SRNs at this stage fail silently — a revoked DSC or a pending DIR-12 will not warn you until submission.
If the registered office was recently shifted, confirm the auto-populated address reflects the updated INC-22 position.
The form cannot be signed by a Director/Manager/CS/CEO/CFO whose DIR-12/32 is under process.
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Field-level data validation
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These mirror the in-form system validations. The calculators below replicate the hard arithmetic and conditional rules so you catch a defect before the SRN does.
Reporting period must be 31 MarchField 8(a)
Company type vs public-deposit acceptanceField 4 & 7
Net worth & 35% deposit ceilingField 9
Deposit balances must not exceed the outstanding balanceField 11–13
Secured deposits require a registered chargeField 14
Credit-rating date windowField 16(c)
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Substantive reconciliation & legal classification
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The layer the Instruction Kit does not cover and where CS liability actually sits (s.448/449). The form will accept internally-consistent figures that are still wrong against the books.
Test the borderline categories: inter-corporate loans, advances for supply (the 365-day rule), share-application money pending allotment, security deposits.
Without this declaration the amount loses its exempt character and may be re-characterised as a deposit.
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Attachments
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Format: PDF or .jpg only; each file ≤ 2 MB; total ≤ 10 MB.
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Declarations, authority & signing
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Attention is drawn to Sections 448 and 449 — false statement and false evidence. Accuracy here is personal.
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Fees, submission & post-filing
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After SRN generation the clock starts: upload the DSC-affixed PDF within 15 days and pay within 7 days of upload (or due date + 2 days, whichever is earlier) or the SRN is cancelled.
Working tool for the filing officer's own diligence. It mirrors the MCA Instruction Kit's stated check-points and the form's field-level logic and adds the substantive reconciliation layer; it is not a substitute for reading the form, the audited accounts and the current Rules. Confirm fee slabs and any rule amendments against the live MCA position before filing.