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How companies incorporated in the UK, or where the parent company is incorporated in the UK, can comply with UK accounting and reporting requirements.
Staying on top of finances is vital for small companies. A good accountant can help you do this and more.
This is a collection page for Accounting Officer Assessments.
Your accounting period for Corporation Tax and Company Tax returns - financial years and accounting periods, changing accounting periods
Annual accounting and VAT - eligibility, thresholds, returns and payment deadlines and joining or leaving the scheme
Templates for Accounting Officers and list of Accounting Officers appointed by HM Treasury.
This collection contains all accounting officer system statements published by central government departments since July 2017 and related HM Treasury guidance.
Cash accounting and VAT - eligibility, thresholds, joining and leaving the scheme
How EEA companies and groups with a presence in the UK can comply with UK accounting and reporting requirements.
Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it
Find out how the VAT Cash Accounting Scheme works and the conditions you must meet if you want to use it.
How to get approval to use the Flexible Accounting System if you’re an agent, and how to use the system to pay customs charges on goods your client has imported.
Who can use the VAT Annual Accounting Scheme and how to apply.
How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year
This series brings together all documents relating to HMT DAO letters
Small businesses can record income and expenses when money is actually paid rather than when they've invoiced or received
Find out how to apply for Simplified Import VAT Accounting to lower the financial guarantees you give for the duty deferment scheme.
If you make supplies of second hand goods, works of art or antiques and collectors items you can choose to use this simplified margin scheme to account for VAT.
Find out if you're an accountancy service provider who needs to register with HMRC under the money laundering regulations.
We support government to meet its accounting requirements. In this Special Feature we consider the importance of accounting for public service pension schemes.
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