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WebFiling Accounts FAQs

What is Joint Accounts Filing?

Joint Accounts Filing describes a method for companies and their agents to produce and submit the different sets of company accounts they need to send to HMRC and Companies House from a single set of data.

For WebFiling users, the filing of unaudited accounts will work using a downloadable template that can be accessed from WebFiling or from the HMRC Portal. This will prompt for all the relevant information required by either HMRC or Companies House and provide options to submit separate accounts to one or both of these bodies. You will still be able to provide Abbreviated Accounts to Companies House.

What accounts types can I file?

Audit exempt full and small abbreviated accounts can be submitted via this method.

Do I have to enter my accounts data twice to file to both Companies House and HMRC?

The principle of joint accounts filing is that customers will be able to enter their accounts data once, before submitting separate accounts to HMRC and Companies House.

Even though I am producing full accounts for HMRC, can I still file abbreviated accounts to Companies House?

Yes. The WebFiling template will allow you to enter and submit abbreviated accounts information to Companies House if you do not wish to submit full accounts data. You should speak to your software package provider about how their own products will facilitate this.

How can you assure me that only abbreviated accounts data will go to Companies House?

Using the Joint Filing Template, you will see a list of items extracted from the template which make up the Abbreviated Accounts submission. You will also be able to both view and print your subset of data that makes up your Abbreviated Accounts.

My filing dates with HMRC and Companies House are different. Can I use the template to file with Companies House first and return at a later date to file to HMRC?

Yes. The template will allow users to return and complete their HMRC requirements following submission to Companies House.

If I first file abbreviated accounts at Companies House, will I be able to later expand my data to submit full accounts to HMRC?

Yes. The template allows for this.

Can dormant companies use the template to file their accounts?

Yes. This is appropriate for Dormant companies that have traded. Companies who have never traded should complete the DCA (Dormant Company Accounts) available on the Companies House WebFiling service.

Will the template work for all accounts types?

The template will work for most Unaudited Accounts for Limited Companies. There is a table of exceptions at the beginning and advice to users on the suitability of the template. Exclusions include LLP's, CIC's, Companies Limited by Guarantee among others.