Corporation Tax Online - software and online forms

A range of Internet filing enabled software and forms are available from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) and software suppliers. These can be used to file Company Tax Returns including accounts and computations online in the statutory iXBRL data standard.

The table below is a guide to third party software suppliers that have tested with us and provided evidence that they have developed software that can produce one or more element of a Company Tax Return, including Accounts and Computations, in the statutory iXBRL data standard.

Other features of the software listed have not been tested, including usability and security, and you must therefore ensure that your software of choice meets your full filing requirement.

A number of software suppliers are still currently testing their products with us. When they have tested successfully and provided the required evidence, they will be listed below.

Supplier's Name

Produce & submit CT600 *

Produce iXBRL Accounts

Produce iXBRL Computations

Submit iXBRL documents **

Acorah Software Products Ltd (TaxCalc)

Yes

No

No

No

BTCSoftware Ltd

Yes

No

No

Yes

CCH Software

Yes

No

No

No

Drummohr

Yes

No

No

No

Forbes Computer Systems Ltd

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

IRIS Software

Yes

No

No

No

PTP Software Ltd

Yes

No

No

No

Quality Management Software Ltd

Yes

No

No

No

rfa Ltd

Yes

No

No

Yes

Sage (UK) Ltd

Yes

No

No

No

Tax Computer Systems Ltd

Yes

No

No

No

Thomson Reuters

Yes

No

No

No

* A ‘Yes’ in this column indicates that a product can produce and submit statutory Company Tax Returns (CT600s) incorporating PDF versions of Accounts and Computations.
** A ‘Yes’ in this column indicates that a product can incorporate and submit iXBRL Accounts and Computations produced by other software products.

HMRC provides a free product, 'Online Tax Return - CT'. This lets you file Company Tax Returns and supplementary pages A, E and J online with Accounts and Computations templates that ensures your return is submitted in the correct manner. We have tested all the features of this service, and will provide support to users through our Online Services Helpdesk. This will be one of the available filing options once you have logged on to our Online Services.

Commercial software supplier products and online forms:

  • We are not able to recommend or endorse any one product or service over another
  • We cannot provide support for these software supplier products. Any queries or difficulties experienced by users should be taken up directly with the software supplier.
  • The software suppliers have provided the contact details above and we cannot therefore guarantee that they are correct or assist if you are unable to contact them.
  • We are not responsible for the contents or reliability of the software supplier websites listed and do not necessarily endorse the views expressed within them. We cannot guarantee that these links will work all of the time and we have no control over the availability of the linked pages.
  • We will not be responsible for any loss, damage, cost or expense arising out of the use of this software.