Chapter COM132001

Published date16 April 2016
Record NumberCOM132001
CourtHM Revenue & Customs

A company must file its company tax return electronically through the Corporation Tax Online Service for any AP ending on or after 1 April 2010. The accounts and computations elements of the return must be filed with iXBRL (inline Extensible Business Reporting Language) tagging, which is an IT standard designed for business financial reporting. The exceptions to this requirement are listed below.

  • Companies that are run entirely by individuals who are practising members of a religious society or order whose beliefs are incompatible with the use of electronic communications. See COM130065 for further information.
  • Insolvent companies within a formal administration or winding up procedure, but not solvent companies being wound up under a members’ voluntary liquidation.
  • Unincorporated charities, clubs and societies can choose to file their accounts in either iXBRL or PDF format, but they must file their return online and submit their computations in iXBRL format.
  • Private Unlimited Companies that are required to register with Companies House
  • Any computation forming part of a charity’s company tax return must be in iXBRL format. However, no computation is required at all where the CT600E (Charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs)) supplementary page of the return is completed and confirms that:

    • all income and gains of the charity are exempt from tax and
    • they have...

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