What is Taxation?
Taxation is the most important source of income for modern governments. Tax is a payment that is necessarily paid to the government according to the laws made by it. Every financial year, the company must:
- Put together statutory accounts.
- Send companies to house a confirmation statement(which was known as the annual return).
- Send HMRC a company tax return.
Tax responsibility of the director of a limited company must fill in a self-assessment tax return every year and pay tax and National Insurance through the PAYE system if the company’ pays the salary. Taxation majorly includes :
Company Tax: Corporate tax is a tax on the taxable profit of limited companies and some organizations including clubs, societies, cooperatives, charities, and other unincorporated bodies.
Self Assessment Tax: Income tax is a tax on individual income. Not all income is taxable, you’re only taxed on taxable income above a certain level. Even then there other reliefs and allowances that can reduce Income Tax Bill.
Every company has to file a copy financial statement every with companies house. In the copy of the financial statement every year with companies house. In the copy of a financial statement, different sizes of companies are required to show less information in the accounts in comparison to the larger ones. Small and medium-sized companies are allowed to file accounts with certain information omitted i.e. filing Abbreviated Accounts.
Deadline Dates which a company has to meet
|Requirements by statute for companies||Authority to whom file/pay||Deadline Date|
|Need to file Abbreviated/Abridge Accounts||Company House||On or before 9 months after the year-end date|
|Need to pay corporation tax||HMRC||On or before 9 months and 1 day after the year-end date|
|Need to file company tax return i.e. CT600 [along with full accounts]||HMRC||On or before 12 months after the year-end date|
|If the company is preparing the first set of accounts after incorporation||Company House||21 months after the date you registered with companies house (not exact 9 months from year end date)|
There are statutory penalties for the late or incorrect filing of company accounts at the company
|Length of delay||Penalty|
|Up to 1 month||£ 150|
|1 month to 3 months||£375|
|3 months to 6 months||£750|
|More than 6 month||£1,500|
There are statutory penalties for the late or incorrect filing of company tax return (CT600) at HMRC:
|Length of delay||Penalty|
|1 day||£ 100|
|3 months||Another £100|
|6 months||HMRC will estimate your CT liability and add a penalty of 10% to the unpaid tax|
|12 months||Another 10% of any unpaid tax|
The deadline date for filing the tax return for Sole Trader and Partnership Firms:
There is no requirement to file a tax return of sole trader business as it will consider as a part of the individual tax return so need to file an SA return. However, in the case of a partnership firm, need to file a tax return of a partnership firm as well as partners. To file a tax return of partnership firms, UTR No. needs to obtain from the HMRC.
There is a penalty if the company misses the deadline for submitting an SA tax return or paying your tax liability. You will get a penalty of £100 if the company’s tax return is up to 3 months late. The company will have to pay more it is later up to 3 months. It will be based on an estimation of tax that needs to be paid to HMRC.
Payments are collected by a central government agency called Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and local councils.
Benefits of outsourcing Taxation
The tax system in the United Kingdom is back-breaking, companies are looking for solutions that free up time and resources as well as exceed their current standards of quality. A superlative solution to this dilemma is by outsourcing taxation services.
- Quick 24-48 hour turnaround for each tax return
- Lower labor costs
- Enabling accountants to expand their service offerings.
- In-house, front-end teams by saves time and energy and can focus on building relationships
- Enhance Date Security
- Avoid penalties
For scaling companies, bookkeeping is a low-margin and time-consuming activity. Outsourcing bookkeeping allows companies to offer it as an additional service which leads to increased revenue and deeper engagement with the clients.
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Outsource to AVI Accounting
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