Companies House Late Filing Penalties Appeal, Covid 19 Accounts Filing Extension

Whilst the appeals facility is available to all companies the successful withdrawal of a penalty is only likely to be granted in rare and special cases.

Companies house annual return extension. How a late filing penalty lfp will be imposed if your company accounts are not filed on time and how to appeal against an lfp. Fraudulent appeals 6 8. The accounts have now been filed recently about 3 weeks after he died.

Background to late filing penalties 4 2. Dormant company accounts service only 3999. If a late filing penalty is issued to your company you may appeal against it.

They are appealling against a late filing penalty for filing the accounts just under 3 months late. Documentary evidence 5 7. Provisions for extending the time allowed for filing 5 4.

The registrar of companies already has policies in place to deal with appeals based upon unforeseen poor health. Published 1 april 2014 last updated 1 september 2020 see all. Standard paragraph about benefits of e filing 5 6.

Late filing penalties were introduced in 1992 to encourage company directors to file their accounts and reports on time. You should pay the late filing penalty if you cannot show that your reasons for filing late were exceptional. Use this service to appeal a penalty issued to a company for not filing its annual accounts on time.

Therefore fees will only be waived in exceptional circumstances. Appeals based upon covid 19 will be considered under these policies. Whilst it is possible to appeal a late filing penalty the law grants companies house very limited discretion.

It may take up to 30 minutes to complete this application. Payment by instalments 5 5. To avoid getting a late filing penalty.

Lfp appeals manual companies house 3 contents introduction 4 1. Time allowed for the delivery of accounts 4 3. Each appeal is treated on a case by case basis.

The father of all four of the directors of a company has recently died after a long several months and distressing illness. In situations where the company believes that there are extenuating circumstances which resulted in it missing its accounts filing deadline it can appeal against the late filing fee. Appeal a late filing penalty.

A private companys set of acceptable accounts for the accounting period ending 30 september 2009 would need to be delivered by 30 june 2010 to avoid a late filing penalty. All companies private or public large or small trading or non trading must send their accounts and reports to companies house every year.