Limited Company & Dissolved

[mail2me]

Hi . I have a question that is bothering me . If anybody can help . I opened a limited company & did nothing with it , I didn’t trade or do anything . Receive a letter from company house after 15 months in month of July that if I don’t do anything , it would be dissolved . 3 months later , the company was dissolved by the company house . It’s been 2 years after that . That point of time , I was told by my accountant that I don’t need ti file 0 tax as it’s been dissolved . That question is bothering me again, should I have filled a 0 tax ?? Or it’s gets transmitted from company house that The company didn’t trade and it is dissolved .

[ladymuck]

Were you registered for VAT or PAYE? Your or your accountant should have informed HMRC about the closure of those schemes if registered for them.

However, as it's been a few years and your accountant is comfortable with what's been reported (or not, in this case), you should be ok.

What's making you worry about this now?

[mail2me]

Thank you for the reply . I don’t think I was registered for anything . Accountant opened the ltd. company which after registration didn’t do anything and almost after a year receiver a notice that company house will close it in 3 months time . Then it was disssolved . I was advised by accountant that as I we didn’t trade , or did nothing and it was dissolved by company house , we don’t need to inform tax office of anything . Just wondering if the advice was correct ?

[mail2me]

The reason I am Worrying is that , I read somewhere that after the company was dissolved , HMRC is trying to contact with fine as the tax returns were not filled . Is that correct :

[JHamp82]

As far as I understand, if a company is dormant then a tax return is not required so you should be fine.

[northernladuk]

As far as I understand, if a company is dormant then a tax return is not required so you should be fine.

You don't understand dormancy though. You have to MAKE a company dormant. It's a process. It doesn't become dormant by you just not using it. If the OP did absolutely nothing to the company then he didn't make it dormant.

[Northernlass]

Hi . I have a question that is bothering me . If anybody can help . I opened a limited company & did nothing with it , I didn’t trade or do anything . Receive a letter from company house after 15 months in month of July that if I don’t do anything , it would be dissolved . 3 months later , the company was dissolved by the company house . It’s been 2 years after that . That point of time , I was told by my accountant that I don’t need ti file 0 tax as it’s been dissolved . That question is bothering me again, should I have filled a 0 tax ?? Or it’s gets transmitted from company house that The company didn’t trade and it is dissolved .

If you didnt trade, then there should be no tax required. If Company House have disolved it might be worth a call to HMRC (if not already completed) to inform them of the dissolve and the fact you never traded.

Here is some info for you:-

If your company has never received a 'notice to deliver a company tax return', you can tell HMRC it's dormant by phone (0300 200 3410) or post (Corporation Tax Services, HM Revenue and Customs, BX9 1AX, United Kingdom).