Accounting Dates for 2024
Posted on 12th February 2024 at 09:30
A vital list of the key accounting dates for businesses and freelancers for 2024.
You might be wondering how to remember all your tax dates and deadlines throughout 2024.
To help you, here is a list of the key accounting dates for businesses and freelancers for 2024. Please be aware that there may be additional dates to remember such as VAT returns or payments on account,
January
1st - Corporation Tax payment deadline (for a limited company with an accounting year end of 31st March)
31st - Self Assessment online tax return filing deadline
31st - First Income Tax and National Insurance payment on account deadline, balancing payment deadline
March
31st - Corporation Tax return filing deadline (for a limited company with an accounting year end of 31st March)
April
6th - New tax year!
May
31st - Deadline for issuing any employees with their annual P60s
July
6th - Deadline for filing P11D and P11D(b) forms (if applicable)
19th - Deadline for paying Class 1A National Insurance Contributions non-electronically (you’ll only pay this on benefits you give to your employees, such as private medical insurance)
22nd - Deadline for paying Class 1A National Insurance Contributions electronically
31st - Second Income Tax and National Insurance payment on account deadline
October
31st - Deadline for filing your Self Assessment paper tax return.
December
31st - The deadline for filing your company’s annual accounts for a limited company with an accounting year end of 31st March (the most common year-end date)
Things to be aware of for VAT return deadlines
Most small businesses will file a VAT return four times a year. Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT legislation requires all VAT-registered businesses to do this through MTD-compliant software.
The usual set of quarterly VAT return dates are:
1st January - 31st March
1st April - 30th June
1st July - 30th September
1st October - 31st December
Each VAT return is due for filing one month and seven days after the end of one of these quarterly periods. For example, the VAT return that covers 1st January - 31st March needs to be filed to HMRC by 7th May.
Payments on account
If less than 80% of your income is paid at source and your tax bill is over £1,000, you’ll need to make payments on account. These are advance payments on your next year’s Self Assessment tax bill. Your payments on account are calculated by dividing the amount of Income Tax and Class 4 National Insurance from your most recent self-assessment tax return bill by two. You must make the first payment by 31st January and the second payment by 31st July.
DISCLAIMER
These dates were correct at the time of publication but are liable to change. It is your responsibility to check the dates and deadlines and we will not be held liable for errors or late submissions to HMRC.
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