COM33030 - Background: typical case examples: company pays and self assesses on time

An established company meets its payment and filing obligations on time. The example shows the cycle of a compliant company, from AP end to the recording of the self assessment (Word 28KB).

The events are numbered chronologically, and identified as follows

  • Business Event - Action taken or arising outside the HMRC
  • Automatic Event - Automatic COTAX action within HMRC
  • Procedural Action - Action taken by an operator

Order & Type of Event

Action(s) Taken

1 (Business Event)

Company AP ends (normal 12 month period)

Approximately 1 month after the recorded AP ends

 

2 (Automatic Event)

COTAX

Some time later..................

 

3 (Automatic Event)

First payment reminder (PR1) issued, 28 days before normal due date (Word 49KB) as no payment or NIL payslip returned to Accounts Office

4 (Business Event)

Payment received shortly before the normal due date

Some time later..................

 

5 (Automatic Event)

CT205 return reminder issued, 42 days before the filing date as the return is not yet logged

6 (Business Event)

Return received by the filing date

7 (Procedural Action or Automatic Event)

If the company has submitted a paper return, a Clerical Caseworker

  • Logs the return, using Function LRTN (Log Return)
  • Captures it using Function CRTN (Capture Return)
And
  • Records the self assessment on the final screen of Function CRTN

If the company has submitted the return electronically

  • COTAX automatically captures the details and records the self assessment

For a list of forms relevant to this subject, see COM33011.

For a list of functions to use in particular situations, see COM33012.

For legislation applying to this subject, see COM33013.