The dates of the financial year for the subsidiary(ies) are not registered
Explanation
The dates of the financial year are currently not registered for the subsidiary. However, the registration of the financial year is mandatory. The financial year corresponds to the subsidiary’s annual accounting period. You must complete the information relating to the financial year by indicating the start date and the end date of the first financial year or of the shortened financial year. The first financial year starts on the date of incorporation of the subsidiary.
How to register the dates of the financial year?
To register the dates of the financial year, you must submit a modification filing with the RCS. This consists in updating the information relating to the financial year of the subsidiary by indicating the start date and the end date of the financial year. Updating this information is necessary to ensure that your entity’s file is complete and compliant.
The information presented is standard and provided for guidance purposes only. Depending on the legal form of your entity, the documents to be provided or the steps to be followed may differ.
After selecting the Modification service, you will be taken to the page where you have to select the subsidiary to be modified from the list provided, then choose the language of the form.
Before continuing, ensure you have all the necessary information and documents required to make the modification.
Once you have selected your language, click Next. You will then be automatically redirected to the data entry form to complete the modification.
In the part Saisie des données, select the section Exercice social de la succursale to access the information to be updated.
In the example provided as part of the explanations, you can see, in the Exercice social de la succursale tab, that neither a start date nor an end date has been entered.
To enter the financial year dates, click on the Modifier option in order to unlock the input fields and make the necessary changes.
In the field Date de début , use the Calender function to indicate the start date of the financial year, which in principle corresponds to the date of incorporation of the subsidiary.
In the field Date de fin, use the Calender function to indicate the end date of the financial year. This date corresponds to the closing of the financial year and must be selected in accordance with the applicable rules, in particular in the context of the first financial year or a shortened financial year.
Once the information has been completed, click on the Publication section or on the Compléter la publication button to proceed to the next step.
Form: Additional information
Publication
No publication is required for the update of the dates relating to the financial year. You may continue the procedure by clicking on the Récapitulatif section in order to review the information entered and proceed to the next step.
Récapitulatif
Section of the request where you can check the summary of your request before sending it to the cart. To do this, click on Visualiser le récapitulatif de ma demande en français to open the PDF document. If you spot an error, you can go back using the previous step button to the section where the information has to be corrected.
If all the information is correct, check the box J’ai contrôlé mon document récapitulatif. You can also add a personal reference in the field Ma référence de dépôt to better organise your requests. Once you have finished verifying, click on Ajouter la demande au panier to confirm your procedure.