Fine due to accountant failing to file with HMRC

[northernladuk]

It's for 2021-22 and my contract covered the period when the CT -600 should have been submitted. I'm not sure of the legal status of the new company and its relationship to the old one but many of the same people are there except the accountant that was allocated to me.

Well you should. It's your responsibility.

[WTFH]

It's for 2021-22 and my contract covered the period when the CT -600 should have been submitted.

Are you saying that you left them without you signing off on the CT-600?
They do not manage your company, you do. They just happen to be the accountants who you instruct to pull together the figures for you, which you then approve.

At this stage, if I were you, I would:
1. Pay the fine
2. Instruct and pay someone to fill in the corporation tax return for that year, if it's not something you can do yourself.
3. Ensure that other years have been done correctly.

Things I would not do:
1. Ignore the fine
2. Tell HMRC that SJD were managing and controlling the affairs of my company

[northernladuk]

Are you saying that you left them without you signing off on the CT-600?
They do not manage your company, you do. They just happen to be the accountants who you instruct to pull together the figures for you, which you then approve.

At this stage, if I were you, I would:
1. Pay the fine
2. Instruct and pay someone to fill in the corporation tax return for that year, if it's not something you can do yourself.
3. Ensure that other years have been done correctly.

Things I would not do:
1. Ignore the fine
2. Tell HMRC that SJD were managing and controlling the affairs of my company

It's SJD??? For the love of god leave. We've had an endless stream of people from SJD encountering problems. It WILL go wrong if you are with them so leave. You don't appear to have any kind of understanding of how to run your business and are leaving it to a bunch of people that have a long and very well documented history of screwing up.

Leave, work on getting even the most basic understanding of your company and get a new accountant. Asking what the relationship between two business are and thinking your accountant has something to do with that relationship is absolutely shocking, particularly with MSC hanging around. If that's not the definition of an MSC problem I don't know what is.

[tl97]

File the return asap. Then phone HMRC and explain the situation, depending how overdue it is, they might come to an arrangement with you. But ultimately your responsibility I’m afraid.

[edison]

I had a similar situation with SJD where (long story short) they got a three month extension with HMRC yet still managed to file it late, partly caused by having three accountants in very quick succession.

They refunded me the two penalties and gave me three months free service. I left them shortly after and I can only echo what's been said above. Do not stay with them, or Caroola as they are rebranded now, under any circumstances unless you want a lot of misery and countless hours time wasted.

[Lance]

It's SJD???

On the plus side, the OP can get his company CT600 from the dark web now.

[edison]

On the plus side, the OP can get his company CT600 from the dark web now.

My brother used to be with a sister company of SJD and after the company suffered the cyber attack, several attempts were made to take out loans in his name. He's locked his credit file now to prevent this happening.

It's amazing how many suspicious five star reviews have suddenly appeared for the rebranded Caroola...