Tell us about the company and the period you are filing. Then enter your figures and check everything before you pay.
An 8-character number that Companies House gave your company, such as 01234567. Some start with letters, for example SC for companies registered in Scotland.
You will find it on your certificate of incorporation, and on your company’s page when you search Companies House (it is free to search).
It is not the same as your UTR.
General help, not tax advice.
Eight characters, on your Companies House certificate. For example 01234567.
The name exactly as it is registered at Companies House, including “Ltd” or “Limited”.
If we can check your company number, we fill this in for you.
We will check this against Companies House.
A 10-digit number that HMRC gives every company for Corporation Tax.
You will find it on letters from HMRC about Corporation Tax, or in the company’s HMRC online account.
It is different from your company number, and from a VAT number.
Ten digits, on letters from HMRC about Corporation Tax.
The stretch of time your accounts and tax return cover, up to 12 months.
For most companies it matches the “accounts made up to” dates shown at Companies House. For a company’s first year it starts on the day the company was set up.
If your period is longer than 12 months, tax has to be split into two returns. We cannot do that yet.
The period you are filing for. It can be at most 12 months.
If your period spans 31 March, we split the profit across the two tax years for you. Nothing extra to enter.
Is your company a charity, or a community amateur sports club, claiming a Corporation Tax exemption?
Today we send your accounts and Corporation Tax return to HMRC.
Choose Active if the company had any sales, costs or other activity in this period.
Choose Dormant only if nothing happened in this period: no sales, no costs, no money in or out. Even a little bank interest means the company was not dormant.
Not sure? Choose Active.
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