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CTM93030 | CTSA: the filing obligation: filing date: definition

From HM Revenue & Customs · Company Taxation Manual

The filing date for a company tax return is the last day of whichever of the following periods is the last to end:

  • twelve months from the end of the period for which the return is made - see example 1 in CTM93050,

  • three months from the date when the notice requiring the return is served - see CTM93040 and example 2 in CTM93050 for more detail,

  • if the company’s relevant period of account is not longer than 18 months:

    • twelve months from the end of that period - see example 3 in CTM93050,

  • if the company’s relevant period of account is longer than 18 months:

    • 30 months from the beginning of the period of account - see example 4 in CTM93050.

Paragraph 14 (2) defines ‘relevant period of account’. It means in relation to a return for an accounting period, the period of account of the company in which the last day of that accounting period falls. There are examples at CTM93050.