Concise Accountancy

Accountants and Registered Auditors

Change account year end date

£200.00

Change account year end date for your limited company. Our professional accountant will handle your Change of Accounting Reference Date application with Companies House for you.

You can shorten or extend your limited company accounting year end date and our accountant will advice you of the law applies to changing your limited company accounting period whether your proposed date will be accepted by Companies House.

Limited company is allowed to change their account year end date. The proposed change account year end date must be formally communicated with Companies House by filing relevant Companies House form.

Limited company can apply to shorten or extend their financial year end date for easy management of your limited company’s filings.

  • To have the company accounting year end coincide with the holding company accounts period to make the consolidation of accounts of all companies within the group simple.
  • To have the accounting period in line with the government tax year. Many companies prefer to have their accounting period end on 31 March for the reason of to make the administration of accounts and PAYE records reconciliation straight forward.
  • To have the company accounts period end match with VAT returns quarter end.
    For administration convenience purposes.

Procedures For Changing account year end date

Limited company is not allowed to change their account period if their company accounts are already overdue. Extension of accounts year end must not be more than 18 months unless the company is in administration.

There are late filing penalty for filing accounts late. The penalty start from £150 to £1500 for private limited companies and more expensive penalty for public companies.

Reviews

There are no reviews yet.

Be the first to review “Change account year end date”

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

%d bloggers like this: