On 13 August 2019, CIPC issued Notice 52 of 2019 confirming that it is now implementing a new method to monitoring compliance with the Companies Act 71 of 2018 with the so-called Compliance Checklist. As of 01 January 2020, the submission of the compliance checklist will be compulsory and needs to be submitted to CIPC as part of the annual return submission process. Nadia Van Der Merwe, Cosec Manager at Moore Johannesburg-East Rand, looks at what is required in the checklist, and what companies need to do to ensure compliance.