Guides
Tax guides, in the order the dates fall
Each guide is tied to a deadline. Read it a month before, and the date stops being a surprise.
· VAT return for the quarter to 30 September
Your first VAT return: the quarter, the 7th and the payment
Registered for VAT this year? Your first return is due one month and seven days after the quarter ends. What goes on it, and the three mistakes we see most often.
VAT · 4 min
- Accounts due for a 31 March year end Nine months to file your company accounts goes quickly A company with a 31 March year end has until 31 December to file its accounts. Why nine months turns into six weeks, and the order we do things in.
- Clear it before the January return The penny that won't reconcile A suspense account is where a bookkeeper parks a difference they cannot yet explain. Why it matters that someone clears it, and what a stray penny usually turns out to be.
- Online return and balancing payment What a sole trader actually pays on 31 January The January bill is often bigger than people expect, because it is really two payments in one. Here is how the balancing payment and the first payment on account fit together.
- Threshold falls to £30,000 Making Tax Digital for Income Tax: who is in from April 2027 Sole traders and landlords with income over £30,000 join Making Tax Digital from 6 April 2027. What counts towards the limit, what changes, and what you need in place first.
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