MANDATORY EFILING OF CERTAIN FORMS FROM 1ST JUNE 

Mandatory electronic filing for the forms B1, B2, B10 and B73 will begin from June 1st.

Log on to core.cro.ie now to familiarise yourself with CRO's online filing system.

Changes to filing Form B1 after 1 June

From 1 June 2017, the sole means of filing a B1 and financial statements and paying for an annual return will be in electronic form. The return may be digitally signed using Revenue Online Service (ROS), otherwise, the signature page must still be printed off, signed and delivered to the CRO.

For presenters who have filed B1’s electronically in the past, the main changes from 1 June are as follows:

PDF of Financial Statements:

• all financial statements MUST be uploaded as a PDF attachment on CORE/software package within 28 days of the date the e-B1 was submitted. Paper copies of the financial statements will not be accepted by the CRO on or after 1 June. 
• the PDF of the financial statements can be attached to the e-B1 in your Workspace in CORE/ software package, in much the same way as you attach a document to an e-mail. 
• where the B1 is not signed digitally by ROS the B1 signature must be delivered to the CRO within 28 days, financial
  statements must be uploaded prior to the delivery of the signature page or it will be returned by CRO. 

Electronic Payment: 

• the filing fee and any late filing penalties MUST be paid electronically by credit /debit card or by CRO Customer Account. You will not be able to complete the submission of the e-B1 without first making the payment at the submission stage. 
• It will not be possible to pay the filing fee of €20 and/or any late penalties by cheque, postal order, money order or bank draft.  However, it will continue to be possible to top-up a Customer Account by cheque etc on or after 1 June. 

Electronic filing of B2. B10 and B73's after 1st June 2017

B2, B10 and B73's can currently be filed electronically for free. There is no change to the electronic filing of these forms. These forms can be signed using the ROS service or a signature page can be printed off and delivered to Companies Registration Office, O'Brien Road, Carlow. The only change here is that from June 1st 2017 these forms cannot be filed using a paper form.

• Link to Mandatory E-Filing page
• Link to FAQs regarding Mandatory E-filing
• Link to FAQs regarding Electronic Filing Agents

Digital Certificates of Change of Company Name/Re-Registration – Commencement date Thursday 8 June 2017
Certificates of Change of a Company Name and Re-Registration of a Company Type will be issued as “digitally certified”documents commencing Thursday 8 June 2017. These Digital Certificates will replace the paper Certificates currently in use which are posted out to presenters. They will be emailed as a pdf document to the email address entered in the “Company email address” section of the G1Q form and D20 form following registration. Presenters can provide these digital certificates directly to third parties such as banks and other financial institutions by email as required.