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Prepare statutory or abridged annual accounts for Companies House, make corrections and amendments, appeal against penalties for filing after the deadline
Your company’s annual accounts - called ‘statutory accounts’ - are…
You might be able to send simpler (‘abridged’) accounts to Companies House…
You can send amended accounts to Companies House: on paper through filing…
You’ll have to pay penalties if you do not file your accounts and tax…
We incorporate and dissolve limited companies. We register company information and make it available to the public. Companies House is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Business and Trade .
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You can reduce your Corporation Tax bill through Marginal Relief from 1 April 2023 if your company’s profits are lower than £250,000.
How to access public data from the Companies House register using our data products.
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
Working out your Corporation Tax rate and getting reliefs and other deductions from your Corporation Tax bill
Contact Companies House to register your limited company, file returns and accounts
Business Asset Disposal Relief (was known as Entrepreneurs' Relief) can reduce your Capital Gains Tax (CGT) when you sell certain business assets or shares - eligibility, deadlines, how to claim
Using our Find and update company information service to follow companies and search company information for free.
Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
How to complete your CT600 Company Tax Return form and what information you need to include.
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Find out if you can use the free online filing service to file your Company Tax Return with HMRC and accounts with Companies House.
Add your product to the Energy Technology List - the list of energy saving products eligible for Enhanced Capital Allowance tax relief
Check if you have to pay the higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when you buy a residential property in England or Northern Ireland.
Obligated packaging producers must register and meet their waste packaging recycling responsibilities.
Understanding your role as director of a limited company and your responsibilities to Companies House.
Check if your company’s or group’s interest deductions for Corporation Tax will be restricted, and if you need to send a Corporate Interest Restriction return.
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