{"id":80660,"date":"2017-04-10T20:55:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=8bd2ef9cf433a4b5d56899d85a74779a"},"modified":"2017-12-05T12:25:46","modified_gmt":"2017-12-05T12:25:46","slug":"news-story-accounts-filing-options-for-small-companies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=80660","title":{"rendered":"News story: Accounts filing options for small companies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Updated:<\/em> WebFiling service added for abridged accounts.<\/p>\n<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<h2 id=\"small-companies\">Small companies<\/h2>\n<p>If you\u2019re a small company you have 4 options for filing your accounts:<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"micro-entity-accounts\">Micro-entity accounts<\/h3>\n<p>You must meet at least 2 of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>turnover is no more than \u00a3632,000<\/li>\n<li>balance sheet total is no more than \u00a3316,000<\/li>\n<li>average number of employees is no more than 10<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"abridged-accounts\">Abridged accounts<\/h3>\n<p>You must meet at least 2 of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>turnover is no more than \u00a310.2 million<\/li>\n<li>balance sheet total is no more than \u00a35.1 million<\/li>\n<li>average number of employees is no more than 50<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"full-accounts-with-us-and-hmrc\">Full accounts with us and HMRC<\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"dormant-company-accounts\">Dormant company accounts<\/h3>\n<p>These accounts are suitable for companies limited by shares or by guarantee that have never traded and can be filed using our WebFiling Service.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"how-to-file-your-accounts\">How to file your accounts<\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"micro-entity-accounts-1\">Micro-entity accounts:<\/h3>\n<p>To file micro-entity accounts you need to <a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/ewf.companieshouse.gov.uk\/\/seclogin?tc=1\">sign-in to our WebFiling service<\/a> and choose the micro-entity accounts type.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"abridged-accounts-1\">Abridged accounts:<\/h3>\n<p>To file abridged accounts you have 3 options:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<a rel=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/ewf.companieshouse.gov.uk\/\/seclogin?tc=1\">Sign-in to our WebFiling service<\/a> and choose the abridged accounts type.<\/li>\n<li>Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/file-your-company-accounts-and-tax-return\">Companies House-HMRC joint filing service<\/a>. You\u2019ll need a Government Gateway account and you can file your tax return to HMRC at the same time.<\/li>\n<li>Use <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/company-filing-software\/filing-annual-accounts-returns-and-tax-accounts\">third party software<\/a>. This service benefits those who file regularly.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>See our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/life-of-a-company-annual-requirements\">accounts guidance<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80660"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=80660"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87021,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80660\/revisions\/87021"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}