Closing Company Timescales

[Tweedledum]

Hi,

After 11 years contracting in this fine country, I've decided to return to greener and considerably wetter climes (Ireland).

Obviously I want to close my company as efficiently as possible. I guess using a capital distibution and taper relief is a good way to go about it, but I'm unsure how long everything takes and what needs to be done. I'll have a word with my accountant, but I thought I'd ask here for some expert(?) feedback...

My company year end is May 31st, and I'm planning on leaving the UK in August. My current contract finishes in April, and I was thinking maybe of contracting for 2 or 3 months through a composite of some kind before I leave.

Is there anything I should be doing now, or will HMCE drag everything out so that I won't be able to get my cash by August?

Many thanks.

[nobody here but us chicke]

closure

the big delay is with comp house to finalise it. I found that the ir gave a verbal 'probably, but we want to see your last accounts' when I asked them about it and they did the confirmation quite quickly - and sent the refund or corp tax direct to me iirc.