Late filing of Companies House accounts Part II............

[MonkeyMagic1908]

Regarding an earlier post with fines due to late filing of accounts, I have just been notified of a fine of about £1100

In addition I have just been posted a demand of £1500 for 2009-2010 Corporation Tax, despite my accountant telling me nothing was due to the fact I was owed a tax rebate which should of cancelled this out

Apart from using the company to withdraw a dividend from an earlier tax rebate, I haven't used it for 18-24 months


Anyhoo, long story short, due to me having to take a year off due to illness and then a reduced income due to the illness I havent got a pot piss in putting it bluntly


sadly the late fines have been passed over to a debt recovery agency

Does anyone have any suggestions, serious ones, about how to deal with this??


Many Thanks

[NasaConsulting]

We would need a little more information.

Can you confirm if you have traded before? Even if you are owed a rebate the correct documents still have to be filed with the relevant authorities.

The first line of call should be to your accountant to find out why these documents were not completed. I assume a service agreement was entered into and if they did not file as they should then they should be held accountable.

The other option is to get another accountant involved to try finalise your accounts and CT return but this will involve further fees, and you will still be liable to the fines.

In any case, it is probably best to contact HMRC directly to inform them that you may have difficulty in paying the fines. This at least may stop any further escalation of fines and interest from occurring.’