Accounting

Corporation Tax · South West

Corporation tax returns in Penkelly

A company trading in Penkelly pays Corporation Tax nine months and one day after its year end and files the CT600 three months after that. We handle both from your accounts, whether we prepared them or another firm did: standalone CT600 at £199, with a capital allowances review at £299, overdue rescue at £279. Fixed, agreed in writing.

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 Penkelly

Limited companies in Penkelly 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 Penkelly, step by step

  1. Scope the job

    We find out what you need filed, when it is due and what state the records are in, and tell you which fixed-fee package applies.

  2. Agree the price

    The fee is confirmed in writing. There is no hourly billing and nothing added for questions during the work.

  3. Hand over the records

    Photographs, PDFs, software access or a spreadsheet, sent however suits you. We confirm what we have and what is missing within two working days.

  4. Approve, then we submit

    You review the draft with our explanation, sign off, and we file. Receipts, copies and the next deadlines come back to you immediately.

Why IGI

What you get in Penkelly

One fixed fee for corporation tax in Penkelly, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.

We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in Penkelly get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to corporation tax.

We serve Penkelly 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.

Continuity matters in corporation tax: the person who prepared last year's work for your Penkelly business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.

We explain corporation tax in the words Penkelly business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.

You stay in control of corporation tax: drafts go to Penkelly clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.

Local facts

About Penkelly

Penkelly is in South West, England. For businesses in England the tax rules are those set by the UK Parliament: the 20/40/45% income tax bands, Class 4 National Insurance for the self-employed at 6% and 2%, Corporation Tax at 19% to 25%, and Stamp Duty Land Tax on property. Business rates are set locally by the council.

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Crumplehorn2 miSE
Lanreath2 miN
Trelawne2 miE
Coombes, The2 miS
The Coombes2 miS

Worth knowing

Rules that come up in this work

CIS deductions

CIS turns construction subcontractors into advance taxpayers: a fifth of every labour payment goes to HMRC before they see it. Registering keeps the rate at 20% rather than 30%; gross payment status, for established businesses with a clean record, removes deductions altogether. The annual return is where the overpayment comes back, and filing it early brings the refund sooner.

Confirmation statements and identity verification

The confirmation statement is the annual check that the public register is right: officers, registered office, SIC codes, shareholders and the PSC register. It carries a £50 fee and no financial penalty for lateness, but failure to file leads to compulsory strike-off. The identity verification regime introduced in November 2025 has added a further check to every statement.

Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief

Corporation Tax is not a flat rate. Profits to £50,000 pay 19%, profits above £250,000 pay 25%, and the band between is taxed at an effective marginal rate of 26.5% through the marginal relief mechanism. Associated companies share the thresholds, which catches directors who own more than one company and is the most common cause of underpaid tax in owner-managed groups.

The VAT registration threshold

The £90,000 VAT threshold is measured over any twelve consecutive months, which is why a strong quarter can tip a business over unexpectedly. Registration must follow within thirty days of the end of the month the threshold was crossed. Below the threshold, voluntary registration is worth considering when customers are VAT-registered businesses and costs carry VAT.

Director's loan accounts

A director's loan account records money moving between a director and the company that is not salary or dividend. If the director owes the company money nine months and one day after the year end, the company pays section 455 tax at 35.75% of the balance, refundable only when the loan is repaid. Loans over £10,000 are also a benefit in kind unless interest is charged at HMRC's official rate.

Salary versus dividends

Directors of their own companies usually take a salary at or just above the National Insurance thresholds, which keeps the year qualifying for State Pension and is deductible for Corporation Tax, with further income as dividends. Dividends above the £500 allowance are taxed at 10.75%, 35.75% and 39.35% by band and can only be paid from distributable profits after tax, with a minute and voucher each time.

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 Penkelly

Is the CT600 included when you prepare the accounts?

Yes. Our limited company accounts packages at £299 and £449 include the computation, the CT600 and filing with HMRC. The standalone fees on this page are for companies whose accounts are prepared elsewhere or where the return needs separate work such as a capital allowances review.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

How do I get started from Penkelly?

Message us on WhatsApp or email with a sentence about your business and what you need. We reply in working hours with any questions and a fixed fee for corporation tax. Once you confirm, we tell you exactly which records to send and the work begins. Most Penkelly clients are set up within a day.

Which deadlines matter most for corporation tax?

The next four dates that apply to corporation tax are shown at the top of this page, calculated from today. For Penkelly clients we diarise every one of them from the day you join and send reminders before each, so the work is done in good time rather than in the last week before a penalty.

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Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.

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