Compliance · South Africa
Stay registered. Avoid deregistration. We file your CIPC Annual Returns from R 980.
Every registered South African company and close corporation (CC) must file Annual Returns with CIPC each year, regardless of whether the business has traded. Companies that fail to file are flagged for deregistration — and bank accounts, contracts and tax matters all break the moment your company is deregistered.
Amashad calculates the correct CIPC fee based on your turnover, files the return on your behalf, and confirms the company's status — all from R 980 (excluding CIPC filing fees and any penalties).
We use your annual turnover to calculate the CIPC fee owed (varies by R-band).
You pay the CIPC fee separately — confirmed in writing before any submission.
Annual Return + Beneficial Ownership are filed together to keep the company in good standing.
You receive the CIPC AR confirmation and an updated disclosure certificate.
Annual Returns are separate from SARS tax returns — many business owners confuse the two. SARS handles income tax; CIPC handles the legal existence of your company. Missing CIPC Annual Returns for two or more consecutive years places your company into 'final deregistration', after which only a costly restoration process can revive it.
Since 2023, CIPC also requires that the Beneficial Ownership register is filed at the same time as the Annual Return. Amashad bundles both — saving you a second filing cycle and reducing the risk of compliance gaps.
Penalties for late filing scale with turnover. The R 980 Amashad service fee covers our work — actual CIPC filing fees and any late-filing penalties are quoted separately after we review your file.
CIPC fees are based on turnover — from R 100 for the smallest companies to several thousand rand for higher-turnover entities. Late-filing penalties apply if the return is overdue.
CIPC will place your company into deregistration. Bank accounts freeze, contracts become unenforceable, and SARS will flag you as non-compliant.
Yes. We routinely back-file 2–5 missed years and handle the penalty payments to bring companies back into compliance.
No. R 980 is our service fee. CIPC's filing fee and any penalties are billed separately after we review your file, and you pay CIPC directly through us.
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