Companies and Intellectual Property Commission · Companies Act 71 of 2008

CIPC annual return fee calculator

See exactly what your annual return costs by turnover band — on time or late — and the requirements CIPC checks before you can file.

What it is
An annual return confirms your company's details are current on the CIPC register. The filing fee depends on your turnover band, and a late fee applies if you file after your company's anniversary date.
Why you need it
Leave it unfiled and CIPC marks your company as in construction or final deregistration — you can lose the name, the trading entity and the protection of limited liability altogether.

Fee calculator

Enter your annual turnover from your latest approved financial statements (0 if you didn't trade) to see the legislated CIPC filing fee.

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The rules at a glance

  • File within 30 business days of your registration anniversary, even if you didn't trade.
  • Your beneficial ownership declaration must be on file first — CIPC won't accept the annual return without it.
  • Submit your latest financial statements or a financial accountability supplement (FAS) with the return.
  • Miss the window and the late fee applies (up to R4,000 per return at the top band).
  • Repeat non-filing puts the company on the path to deregistration under section 82 of the Companies Act.
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CIPC annual return fees (2026) — companies (Pty Ltd, public, NPC)

Annual turnoverFiled on timeFiled late
Less than R1 millionR100R150
R1 million to less than R10 millionR450R600
R10 million to less than R25 millionR2,000R2,500
R25 million or moreR3,000R4,000

Fees per item CR2B of the Companies Regulations, 2011 (CIPC). Re-instatement after deregistration adds a CoR40.5 application fee of R200. Companies never pay a yearly fee just to stay registered — only this annual return.

Close corporations file an annual return too, on a different fee basis — check Kompliant's free compliance check for your entity type.

Fees verified against CIPC Annual Return fees, item CR2B of the Companies Regulations, 2011 as confirmed by CIPC (as at June 2026). Government filing costs are legislated — our fee is always on top of (not instead of) this.