New accounts filing regulations for smaller companies
Companies house recently published the following news story.
Changes to UK company law removed the option for small companies to file abbreviated accounts for accounting periods starting on or after 1 January 2016.
Small companies
If you are a small company, you have 4 options for filing your accounts:
1. Micro-entity accounts
- You must meet at least 2 of the following:
- turnover is no more than £632,000
- balance sheet total is no more than £316,000
- average number of employees is no more than 10
2. Abridged accounts
- You must meet at least 2 of the following:
- turnover is no more than £10.2 million
- balance sheet total is no more than £5.1 million
- average number of employees is no more than 50
3. Full accounts with us and HMRC
These joint accounts are suitable for small companies who are audit exempt and need to file full accounts to us and HMRC. You can also file your tax return with HMRC at the same time.
4. Dormant company accounts
These accounts are suitable for companies limited by shares or by guarantee that have never traded and can be filed using our WebFiling Service.
How to file your accounts
Micro-entity accounts:
To file micro-entity accounts you need to sign-in to our WebFiling service and choose the micro-entity accounts type.
Abridged accounts:
We’re working on a replacement service that will enable you to file abridged accounts on Companies House Service. We expect to launch it this year.
Currently, there are 2 options for you to consider:
- Use the Companies House-HMRC joint filing service. You’ll need a Government Gateway account and you can file your tax return to HMRC at the same time.
- Use third party software. This service benefits those who file regularly.
Clients will be relieved to know that we will choose the appropriate filing method and format for them.
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