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Cancel dividend in submitted company accounts by making amendment

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    Cancel dividend in submitted company accounts by making amendment

    Hello,

    I had a directors loan of > 10k as at Jan 2017. I had a journal entry which had a dividend which then reduced the loan to zero. The company accounts were filed in May 2017. This has had a big impact on my personal self-assessment, with the dividend tax rate being pushed into the higher tax bracket.

    Is it possible to cancel the dividend, and amend both the company and personal tax return? I will then be best to pay the S455 tax on the outstanding balance which is 25%. It hasn't been 12 months after filing, but i'm not sure if it's legal/allowed to change three returns:
    1. HMRC Company Accounts
    2. Companies House Filing
    3. Personal Self-Assessment

    The dividend was never declared fully on paper, just put through as a manual journal in the company accounts. I don't want to cross into any tax evasion territory, but i thought by making the amendment and paying the S455 tax due on the overdrawn amount this would be okay.

    The company is now effectively dormant, after I am a PAYE employee since March 2016. I was considering entering into a MVL, but am happy to keep the company active if the above can be done.

    Thanks

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