Incorporation
We bring your LLP's overdue Form 8 and Form 11 filings current, then prepare and file Form 24: partner affidavits, an indemnity bond, and coordination of your CA-certified nil statement of accounts, so your defunct LLP is legally closed instead of accumulating a delay-scaled late fee every year it sits unfiled. This is only for an LLP that can honestly certify nil assets and nil liabilities. One with real assets or debts to settle needs voluntary winding up or, if actually insolvent, a registered Insolvency Professional instead, and we'll route that case out rather than take it on as a routine filing.
Form 24 looks simple until you check your LLP's Form 8 and Form 11 filing history. Almost every closure we handle starts with catching up years of overdue annual returns before the ROC will even look at the strike-off application itself. We handle both, and we're upfront about the one condition that has to hold: your LLP has to be able to certify nil assets and nil liabilities, honestly.
Form 24 is the LLP equivalent of a company's STK-2, filed under LLP Rules 2009 Rule 37 and processed centrally through C-PACE, MCA's dedicated exit-processing centre, since August 2024.
The government fee itself is small, somewhere between Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 depending on the source, and nowhere close to what a company pays. What actually costs money is the overdue Form 8 and Form 11 filings almost every dormant LLP is carrying, at a late-fee structure that scales hard with how long you've waited.
Scope
Brings every annual filing current up to your cessation year. This is usually the larger cost component, and we scope it separately once we've reviewed your filing history.
Filed with the ROC/C-PACE under LLP Rule 37 once your affidavits, consents, and accounts are in order.
Affidavit on Rs 200 stamp paper affirming inactivity and nil liabilities, plus an indemnity bond executed by all partners.
We don't certify your accounts ourselves. We coordinate the CA certification the ROC requires, dated within 30 days of filing.
Specifics
This service is only for an LLP that can honestly certify nil assets and nil liabilities. If yours has real assets to distribute or real debts to settle, that certification wouldn't be true. You need voluntary winding up, or if the LLP is actually insolvent, a registered Insolvency Professional running a liquidation. We'll route you there rather than take on a filing we can't honestly deliver.
Before Form 24 is accepted, all overdue Form 8 and Form 11 filings generally have to be brought current. We won't quote you a flat Rs 100-a-day late fee. That figure is dead. The LLP (Amendment) Rules, 2022 replaced it with a delay-scaled multiplier, up to 15x the normal fee for a Small LLP, up to 30x for any other LLP, with a per-day charge only resuming past 360 days of delay. Several years of arrears at that multiplier can run to several times the strike-off fee itself, which is why we review your actual filing gap before quoting anything.
| Requirement | Detail |
|---|---|
| Inactivity | Genuinely ceased commercial activity. The exact duration threshold isn't confirmed at primary-source level, but the direction, real cessation rather than a quiet pause, is well established. |
| Consent | Every partner's consent, plus written consent from any creditors who exist. |
| Affidavit | Each designated partner, on Rs 200 stamp paper, affirming inactivity and nil liabilities. |
| Indemnity bond | Executed by all partners, covering anyone who suffers loss from the strike-off. |
| Statement of accounts | CA-certified, dated within 30 days of filing, showing nil assets and liabilities. |
The same sequencing that applies to a company applies here. GST registration needs to be cancelled first if the LLP was registered, and your bank account needs to be closed or a closure certificate obtained before your CA can sign off on the nil statement of accounts. We coordinate GST cancellation through our dedicated service if that step hasn't happened yet.
Process
Step 1 of 4
Filing history reviewed
We check your Form 8/11 history and quote what catching up actually costs at the current delay-scaled rate.
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Somewhere between Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, depending on the source. We're not going to pretend that's settled to the rupee, but it's materially cheaper than a company's Rs 10,000.
No, that's a dead figure. The LLP (Amendment) Rules, 2022 replaced it with a delay-scaled multiplier, up to 15x or 30x the normal fee depending on your LLP's status, with a per-day charge only resuming past 360 days.
Practice sources commonly cite around a year, but the exact duration isn't confirmed at primary-source level. What matters is genuine cessation of activity rather than a temporary quiet spell.
Then Form 24 isn't the right filing. You need voluntary winding up, or a registered Insolvency Professional if the LLP is actually insolvent, and we'll say so rather than accept an engagement we can't honestly deliver.
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