So the time has come...
The company year end was end of Jan, and it hasn't traded in this year (but it did pay some salary and PAYE - not sure that counts). I found something from HMRC saying that I need to submit a final CT return, but not CH accounts, then when that's done and dusted (can claim a few £s refund) I can pay a final dividend and apply to CH to dissolve the company.
The problem is how to do the former. Using the website I tried putting in 1st Feb - 31st Jul as the accounting period, but it complains that "We have been unable to match your outstanding Accounting Periods to the Accounts you are filing". I phoned HMRC, and the extremely disinterested bloke told me that I should submit accounts for the whole year. "Even though I'm currently half way through?" I said, and he assured me that was the correct thing to do.
Not surprisingly the website refuses to let me submit an end date in the future. Thank you "hotline".
As a further complication, I discovered a week or so back that there was a system to update the accounting dates at Companies House, which I did thinking that would trickle through to HMRC. CH shows that that has gone through, but it doesn't seem HMRC have taken note.
But seeing as I don't owe HMRC (or anyone else) anything, can I just send the DS01 and not worry about the rest?
Any advices appreciated. Or should I ask NLUK's accountant?
The company year end was end of Jan, and it hasn't traded in this year (but it did pay some salary and PAYE - not sure that counts). I found something from HMRC saying that I need to submit a final CT return, but not CH accounts, then when that's done and dusted (can claim a few £s refund) I can pay a final dividend and apply to CH to dissolve the company.
The problem is how to do the former. Using the website I tried putting in 1st Feb - 31st Jul as the accounting period, but it complains that "We have been unable to match your outstanding Accounting Periods to the Accounts you are filing". I phoned HMRC, and the extremely disinterested bloke told me that I should submit accounts for the whole year. "Even though I'm currently half way through?" I said, and he assured me that was the correct thing to do.
Not surprisingly the website refuses to let me submit an end date in the future. Thank you "hotline".
As a further complication, I discovered a week or so back that there was a system to update the accounting dates at Companies House, which I did thinking that would trickle through to HMRC. CH shows that that has gone through, but it doesn't seem HMRC have taken note.
But seeing as I don't owe HMRC (or anyone else) anything, can I just send the DS01 and not worry about the rest?
Any advices appreciated. Or should I ask NLUK's accountant?
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