License / Permit / Service Description
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Professional SSM late-filing-fee review, overdue statutory-document coordination, and Company Secretarial support services for companies in Malaysia. We assist with reviewing the company’s statutory-compliance status, identifying overdue Annual Returns, Financial Statements and Reports, or other available filing obligations, coordinating the required documents, and supporting the late-lodgement process through the appointed licensed Company Secretary or Company Agent. Our service is suitable for Sdn. Bhd., Berhad, Company Limited by Guarantee, foreign companies, holding companies, dormant companies, companies with overdue annual compliance, and companies preparing for banking, licensing, tender, financing, investment, or due diligence purposes. Let our team simplify your overdue SSM compliance process—from document-status review and record coordination to late-lodgement support, fee review, and compliance follow-up.
Related Departments / Regulatory Bodies
- Companies Commission of Malaysia (SSM) / Suruhanjaya Syarikat Malaysia
- Malaysian Business Reporting System (MBRS), where applicable
- Appointed Licensed Company Secretary / Company Agent
- Board of Directors
- Auditor or Audit Firm, where applicable
- Accountant or Accounting Firm, where applicable
- Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia (LHDN), where applicable
- Bank, financing institution, licensing authority, tender body, or other receiving party, where applicable
License Name ( Bahasa Malayu )
- Semakan dan Penyelarasan Fi Penyerahan Lewat SSM
Application Scenarios & Business Necessity
- Company has missed its Annual Return lodgement deadline
- Company has overdue Financial Statements and Reports
- Company receives a reminder, notice, query, or compliance request relating to outstanding SSM documents
- Company is unsure whether annual statutory documents have been lodged
- Company needs to determine the likely late-filing fees before regularising its compliance
- Company is changing Company Secretary and requires a review of overdue corporate documents
- Company is preparing for bank financing, tender, licence renewal, investment, sale of business, or due diligence
- Company has been dormant or inactive but has outstanding statutory obligations
- Company needs to update company information before completing annual submissions
- Company requires support to organise historical records and coordinate overdue lodgement
Important Rules & Compliance Standards
- Companies must lodge statutory documents within the timelines prescribed by applicable law and SSM requirements.
- Annual Returns and Financial Statements and Reports are separate statutory lodgements with different applicable timelines.
- Late lodgement may result in late-filing fees, penalties, compounds, or other enforcement consequences where applicable.
- The actual late fee must be verified based on the document type, due date, period of delay, company type, and current SSM requirements.
- Company information and supporting documents must be accurate, complete, and properly approved before lodgement.
- Changes to directors, shareholders, company secretary, registered office, share capital, or other particulars may need to be updated separately before annual documents can be completed.
- The company remains responsible for statutory compliance even if an accountant, auditor, Company Secretary, or Company Agent is appointed.
- Only the appointed licensed Company Secretary or Company Agent may lodge applicable company documents through the prescribed SSM system.
- Payment of a late fee or compound does not cure inaccurate, incomplete, or false information in the lodged documents.
- Any appeal, reduction, waiver, or special consideration is subject to the relevant authority’s review and approval; it is not guaranteed.
- This service does not include SSM filing fees, late filing fees, compound payments, audit fees, accounting fees, tax fees, legal fees, or other third-party charges unless specifically stated in the quotation.
Compound & Legal Penalties
- Late-filing fees or other applicable charges
- Compound or penalty for failure to lodge required statutory documents, where applicable
- Compliance notice, query, or enforcement action by SSM
- Requirement to submit outstanding documents, corrections, or additional supporting information
- Difficulty in obtaining bank facilities, licences, tender eligibility, financing, investor confidence, or corporate documents
- Inaccurate company status or incomplete corporate records
- Restriction, disciplinary action, or other consequences in serious or prolonged non-compliance cases
- Possible legal action against the company and/or responsible officers where applicable
Frequently Asked Question
They are fees or charges that may apply when statutory company documents are lodged after the prescribed deadline.
This may include Annual Returns, Financial Statements and Reports, and other statutory documents, depending on the applicable SSM requirements.
Not necessarily. A late filing fee is a charge relating to late lodgement, while a compound may arise from a statutory offence or non-compliance. The applicable consequence depends on the circumstances.
The exact amount should be checked against the document type, due date, period of delay, company type, and current SSM requirements.
Any waiver, reduction, appeal, or special consideration is subject to the relevant authority’s review and approval and cannot be guaranteed.
They are separate statutory lodgements with different timelines. The appropriate approach depends on the company’s outstanding compliance position.
A dormant company may still have statutory compliance obligations. The company’s status and outstanding documents should be reviewed.
A change may be possible, but the company should review outstanding compliance, records, and handover matters with the relevant parties.
No. The overdue documents must still be correctly prepared and lodged, and any other outstanding compliance matters must be addressed.
Yes. Conzlab can assist with document-status review, information and record coordination, fee review support, and follow-up with the appointed licensed Company Secretary or Company Agent.
Jeffrey Eh Hao Yih , Director
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