Businesses will no longer receive Corporation Tax reminder letters from September, so from now on, you will need to be on top of your Corporation Tax to make sure you pay everything on time and in full without any prompts.
All non-statutory Corporation Tax letters which relate to information that can be accessed through online accounts with HMRC or via Gov.uk will stop. But there are no changes to the process of Corporation Tax. This is just a way of reducing HMRC costs by cutting down on how much paper it uses to communicate with customers. It should be better for the environment too.
Which letters are affected?
From September these Corporation Tax letters will no longer be issued:
- CT205/A return reminder
- CT608 instalment payment reminder
- CT207 interest statement
- CT209 payment receipt
Source: HMRC
In addition, from October, the CT603A agent list of issued notices to deliver Company Tax return will not be sent – although customers will still receive the CT603 notice to file.
HMRC added: “We’ll also trial no longer sending CT208 reminders before we stop sending them permanently. The trial runs from September until January 2025. We will monitor the effect and stop the trial if we see a negative impact on our customers or process.”
The letters to be trialled are:
- CT208 PR1 payment reminder
- CT208 PR2 return and payment reminder
- CT208A PR2 return and payment reminder agent copy
Source: HMRC
You can also find out more about the requirements for filing company tax accounts online at GOV.UK at:
Corporation Tax accounting periods
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