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How to set up a limited company, appoint directors and shareholders or guarantors, and register for tax.

• From: Companies House and 2 others

How to pay Corporation Tax: payment reference number, online, Bacs or CHAPS, Direct Debit, cheque or at your bank.

• Overview

  The deadline for your payment will depend on your taxable profits. This…

• Direct Debit

  Set up and make changes to a Direct Debit through your company’s HM…

• Approve a payment through your online bank account

  You can pay your Corporation Tax bill directly using your online or mobile…

• Make an online or telephone bank transfer

  You can pay HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) by Faster Payments, CHAPS or…

• By debit or corporate credit card online

  You can pay online. There’s a fee if you pay by corporate credit card or…

• At your bank or building society

  You can only pay at your branch by cash or cheque if you have a paying-in…

• Payments for a group of companies

  If your company is in a group, you can pay Corporation Tax under a Group…

• Tell HMRC no payment is due

  Tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) if you have nothing to pay. HMRC will…

• Check your payment has been received

  Check your HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) online account to see if your…

File your Company Tax Return with HMRC, and your company accounts with Companies House

Incorporate a private limited company - register it with Companies House and rules on directors, shares, articles of association and telling HMRC about the company

When your company or organisation pays Corporation Tax - paying, reporting and dormant companies

Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company

Accounts for Companies House and Company Tax Returns for HMRC - what you must send, deadlines, filing separately or together

How to prepare a Company Tax Return for your limited company or unincorporated association - deadlines, corrections and penalties

Working out your Corporation Tax rate and getting reliefs and other deductions from your Corporation Tax bill

Claim capital allowances so your business pays less tax when you buy assets - equipment, fixtures, business cars, plant and machinery, annual investment allowance, first year allowances.

Your and your company's responsibilities - repaying director's loans, interest, tax on loans, reporting to HM Revenue and Customs

How to manage tell HMRC your company is dormant for Corporation Tax if you have stopped trading or have never traded.

Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline

Your company's financial year can run for more or less than 12 months - find out how to change it

What it means to be dormant for Corporation Tax or Companies House - trading and non-trading, annual accounts, Company Tax Returns and telling HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

How to line up your reporting dates for accounts and Company Tax Returns at the end of your limited company's first year

Your accounting period for Corporation Tax and Company Tax returns - financial years and accounting periods, changing accounting periods

Use this form for accounting periods starting on or after 1 April 2015.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs

How to claim Corporation Tax relief when your limited company donates money, land, property or shares to charity

Use form CT61 to claim return of Income Tax, interest, alternative finance payments, manufactured payments from abroad and tax on relevant distributions.

• From: HM Revenue & Customs