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Key Dates
(Self Assesment, PAYE and CIS)

In addition to the dates listed below, please be aware Corporation Tax payment deadlines are nine months and one day after the company’s year-end (where payments are not required by quarterly instalments).

The deadline for Corporation Tax Returns is 12 months after the company’s year-end.

Please note, if your profits exceed £1.5 million, different arrangements apply, which we can advise you on.

November 2023

  • 30 November 2023 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 28 February 2023.
  • 30 November 2023 - Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 30 November 2022.

December 2023

  • 1 December 2023 - New Advisory Fuel Rates (AFR) applies for company car users.
  • 7 December 2023 - VAT returns and payments due for Accounting Quarter period ending 31 October.
  • 22 December 2023 - Deadline for electronic remittance of PAYE, NICs and CIS to HMRC.
  • 30 December 2023 - Deadline for filing Income Tax return with HMRC if Tax to be collected through PAYE Code Number.
  • 31 December 2023 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 31 March 2023.
  • 31 December 2023 - Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 31 December 2022.

January 2024

  • 6 January 2024 – The main rate of Class 1 employee National Insurance contributions (NICs) will be cut from 12% to 10%.
  • 7 January 2024 - VAT returns and payments due for Accounting Quarter period ending 30 November.
  • 22 January 2024 - Deadline for electronic remittance of PAYE, NICs and CIS to HMRC.
  • 31 January 2024 - Deadline for paying Self-Assessment balancing payment and capital gains tax for tax year ended 5 April 2023.
  • 31 January 2024- Deadline for the first payment on Self-Assessment account for 2022/23.
  • 31 January 2024 - Final online deadline for Self-Assessment tax return.
  • 31 January 2024 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 30 April 2023.
  • 31 January 2024 - Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 31 January 2023.

February 2024

  • 2 February 2024 - Forms P46(Car) for the quarter ended 5 January (where benefits are not payrolled) to reach HMRC.
  • 7 February 2024 - VAT returns and payments due for Accounting Quarter period ending 31 December.
  • 22 February 2024 - Deadline for electronic remittance of PAYE, NICs and CIS to HMRC.
  • 28 February 2024 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 31 May 2023.
  • 28 February 2024 - Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 28 February 2023.

March 2024

  • 1 March 2024 - New Advisory Fuel Rates (AFR) applies for company car users.
  • 7 March 2024 - VAT returns and payments due for Accounting Quarter period ending 31 January.
  • 22 March 2024- Deadline for electronic remittance of PAYE, NICs and CIS to HMRC.
  • 31 March 2024 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 30 June 2023.
  • 31 March 2024 - Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 31 March 2023.

April 2024

  • 1 April 2024 – National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates to increase, and NLW to be extended to everyone aged 21 and up.
  • 1 April 2024 – The threshold for the R&D intensive scheme will be reduced from 40% to 30% for accounting periods on or after this date.
  • 1 April 2024 – The RDEC and SME R&D schemes will be merged and all expenditure from this date to be included in the new scheme.
  • 1 April 2024 – Subcontracted R&D work and the cost of externally provided workers (EPWs) will be limited to work done in the UK.
  • 5 April 2024 - Last day of the tax year and the deadline for claiming tax refunds.
  • 6 April 2024 - First day of the new tax year.
  • 6 April 2024 – the Dividend Allowance will be reduced from £1,000 to £500.
  • 6 April 2024 – The Capital Gains Tax Annual Exempt Amount will be reduced from £6,000 to just £3,000.
  • 6 April 2024 – The Pension Lifetime Allowance will be permanently abolished.
  • 6 April 2024 – Class 2 NICs for self-employed workers to be abolished.
  • 6 April 2024 – Class 4 NIC rate to be reduced from 9% to 8%.
  • 6 April 2024 – taxpayers who join MTD will be subject to the Government’s new penalty regime for the late filing of tax returns and late payment of tax.
  • 6 April 2024 – The income tax cash basis for the self-employed and partnerships will be extended and simplified.
  • 19 April 2024 - Employers must make a final RTI payroll report for 2023/24.
  • 22 April 2024 - Deadline for electronic remittance of PAYE, NICs and CIS to HMRC.
  • 30 April 2024 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 30 July 2023.
  • 30 April 2024 - Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings return and payment due for companies already in the regime.
  • 30 April 2024 - Daily £10 late filing penalties start to apply to outstanding self-assessment returns.
  • 30 April 2024 - Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 30 April 2023.

May 2024

  • 3 May 2024 - Printed forms P46(Car) for the quarter ended 5 April (where benefits are not payrolled) to reach HMRC.
  • 5 May 2024 - Employment intermediary’s quarterly report (6 January to 5 April) of agency workers paid gross (the end-user organisation can be classed as the employment intermediary in some circumstances).
  • 5 May 2024 - Deadline for a 2023/24 tax credits claim to be backdated to 6 April 2024.
  • 7 May 2024 - VAT returns and payments due for Accounting Quarter period ending 31 March.
  • 22 May 2024 - Deadline for electronic remittance of PAYE, NICs and CIS to HMRC.
  • 31 May 2024 - P60s to be given to all employees.
  • 31 May 2024 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 30 August 2023.
  • 31 May 2024- Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 31 May 2023.

June 2024

  • 1 June 2024 - Deadline to confirm employees’ payrolled benefit information.
  • 7 June 2024 - VAT returns and payments due for Accounting Quarter period ending 30 April.
  • 22 June 2024 - Deadline for electronic remittance of PAYE, NICs and CIS to HMRC.
  • 30 June 2024 - Deadline for filing of accounts with Companies House for accounting periods ended 30 September 2023.
  • 30 June 2024 - Corporation Tax returns due for accounting periods ended 30 June 2023.

 
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