Corporation Tax · West Midlands
Corporation tax returns in Claines
If your Claines company has bought equipment, vehicles or software this year, made a loss, or has profits between £50,000 and £250,000, the Corporation Tax computation is where money is won or lost. We get the allowances, reliefs and marginal rate right, then file the return online for a fixed fee, serving all of West Midlands remotely.
from £199 · fixed, per return
Next deadlines
- Company tax return (CT600) due 12 months after your year end (a 31 December year end files by 31 December)
- R&D claim deadline: 2 years after the end of the accounting period (and the pre-notification window of 6 months after the period for first-time claimants)
- Companies House accounts due 9 months after your year end (a 31 December year end files by 30 September)
- Corporation Tax payment, 9 months and 1 day after your year end (a 31 December year end pays by 1 October)
Who this is for
Corporation Tax for Claines
Limited companies in Claines of every size below the large-company regime: companies whose accounts are prepared by another firm or in-house and need the tax return filed, companies with capital expenditure to claim, companies that have made a loss and want it used well, groups of associated companies, and companies whose CT600 is already overdue.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Corporation Tax computation reconciling accounting profit to taxable profit, with every adjustment explained
- Capital allowances claimed in full: annual investment allowance, full expensing, writing-down allowances and the special rate pool
- Loss relief planned and claimed: carry back, carry forward and group relief where it applies
- Marginal relief and associated-company rules applied correctly between the 19% and 25% rates
- CT600 with supplementary pages, iXBRL-tagged accounts and computation, filed electronically with HMRC
- Payment note with amount, due date and HMRC reference, and reminders before the payment and filing dates
How it works
Corporation Tax from Claines, step by step
Tell us your situation
A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.
Fixed fee in writing
You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.
Send records, review the draft
Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.
We file, you get the receipts
Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.
Why IGI
Why Claines businesses file with IGI
No hourly rate and no surprise invoice. Claines clients know the fee for corporation tax before they send a single document, and it stays fixed.
We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in Claines get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to corporation tax.
We serve Claines remotely by design: records by WhatsApp or email, drafts back for approval, filing electronic. The saving on premises is passed to you in the fee for corporation tax.
A named person handles your corporation tax from Claines and knows the file, so you are not re-explaining your business to a different helpdesk each time.
Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Claines comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.
You stay in control of corporation tax: drafts go to Claines clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.
Local facts
About Claines
Claines is in West Midlands, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Bilford | 0.1 mi | S |
| Claine | 0.3 mi | SE |
| Cornmeadow Green | 0.4 mi | SW |
| Bevere | 0.6 mi | W |
| Northwick, Worcester | 0.9 mi | SW |
| Fernhill Heath | 1.0 mi | E |
| Hawford | 1.0 mi | NW |
| Lowertown, Wychavon | 1 mi | NE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Switching accountants
The main reasons people switch accountant are surprise invoices, missed deadlines and not understanding what they are being told. Switching involves a clearance letter between the firms, a transfer of records and agent authorisations, and a short handover of the current position. It takes about two weeks and should cost nothing extra.
Closing a company
Voluntary strike-off is available only to solvent companies. One that owes money it cannot pay needs a creditors' voluntary liquidation through a licensed insolvency practitioner, and directors who dissolve an insolvent company face personal consequences. For a solvent company the process takes three to four months from filing the DS01, with notice to creditors and shareholders within seven days.
Late filing penalties
Penalties are the clearest reason to work to deadlines. A Self Assessment return one day late costs £100 regardless of whether any tax is due; three months late adds £10 a day. Late company accounts start at £150 and reach £1,500, and double if the previous year was also late. None of this is negotiable afterwards except through a narrow reasonable-excuse appeal.
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax
Making Tax Digital for Income Tax began in April 2026 for sole traders and landlords with qualifying income over £50,000, extends to those over £30,000 in April 2027 and is planned for £20,000 in April 2028. It requires digital records in compatible software and four quarterly updates to HMRC each year, with a final declaration replacing the traditional return. Payment dates are unchanged.
The Self Assessment calendar
Self Assessment runs on a fixed annual cycle. Registration by 5 October following the tax year, online filing and payment by 31 January, and a second instalment on 31 July for those making payments on account. The penalties for lateness are automatic and escalate monthly, which is why we file early and chase approvals well before the window closes.
Crypto records and reporting
Most crypto holders have taxable events they do not recognise, because every swap is a disposal even when no pounds change hands. The computation requires the complete transaction history from every exchange and wallet, pooled by asset with HMRC's matching rules applied. Exchange-generated tax reports are frequently wrong because they cannot see transfers between a user's own wallets.
Payments on account
Payments on account catch out most people in their second year of self-employment. HMRC assumes next year's tax will match this year's and collects half in January and half in July, in advance, on top of the balancing payment. If profits are dropping you can apply to reduce them, but reducing them too far attracts interest. We calculate the right figure rather than guessing.
Questions
Corporation Tax questions from Claines
What is iXBRL and do I need to worry about it?
HMRC requires the accounts and computation attached to a CT600 to be tagged in iXBRL, a machine-readable format. We produce and validate the tagged files as part of the service. If another firm prepared your accounts we tag their figures; you never deal with it directly.
My CT600 is overdue. What now?
The £279 rescue fee gets it prepared and filed quickly from your accounts. The £100 late penalty is fixed, rising to £200 after three months and then to tax-geared penalties at six and twelve months, so speed matters. If there is a reasonable excuse we draft the appeal as part of the fee.
Are dividends and salary treated differently for Corporation Tax?
Yes. Salary, employer National Insurance and employer pension contributions are deductible expenses that reduce taxable profit. Dividends are paid from profit after tax and are not deductible. This asymmetry is central to the salary-versus-dividend planning we do for directors.
What expenses are not allowed for Corporation Tax?
Business entertainment of customers, most fines and penalties, depreciation (replaced by capital allowances), general provisions, and the private element of mixed-use costs. Legal fees on capital items are also disallowed. The computation adds these back to accounting profit and we list every adjustment so you can see the effect.
My company made a loss. What can be done with it?
A trading loss can be set against the company's other profits of the same year, carried back one year for a repayment of tax already paid, or carried forward against future profits. The right choice depends on cash flow and expected profits. We model the options and make the claim on the return.
What are associated companies and why do they matter?
Companies under common control count as associated, and the £50,000 and £250,000 thresholds are divided between them. A director who owns two companies has thresholds of £25,000 and £125,000 for each. Missing this is a common error that produces an underpayment and interest.
Do you have an office in Claines?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Claines and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for corporation tax is the same in Claines as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is corporation tax in Claines really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Claines pays and what a client in any other part of England pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.
One message from Claines, one fixed price
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.