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Limited Company Accounts

What are the filing deadlines for a limited company?

Answered by the TAG Accountancy team · Norwich, Norfolk

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Accounts are due at Companies House nine months after your accounting reference date. Your corporation tax return is due twelve months after year end, but the tax itself…

Accounts are due at Companies House nine months after your accounting reference date. Your corporation tax return is due twelve months after year end, but the tax itself must be paid nine months and one day after year end — so payment comes before the return is due.

A first set of accounts is different: they are due 21 months after incorporation. We put all of your dates in writing at the start so nothing creeps up.

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