Friday 3rd October 2008 Blog

Telling Authorities About Changes

 
When your client makes changes to their company, such as its name, address, or contact details they need to tell Companies House and sometimes also HMRC. If they don't do this promptly vital forms may go missing and they could be fined for not completing those forms on time. They may have to inform HMRC multiple times as the departments that deal with the various different taxes do not share basic information very well.

For example...

- Company name change. If your client wants to change the name of their company they need to contact Companies House first. To change the company's name the director or company secretary needs to sign a written resolution, and send it to Companies House with a £10 fee.

- Registered office. A change of registered office can be done online using the Companies House web filing service, or by completing a paper version of form 287. Once Companies House has processed the change in name or registered office they will tell HMRC who will update their records within 14 days.

- Resignations. When a director or company secretary resigns their post, they need to tell Companies House as soon as possible. This can also be done online through the Companies House web filing service or by completing paper form 288b. If the director or company secretary needs to be removed from your company's payroll, they need to tell the PAYE department of HMRC. If they are registered to use the PAYE online filing service they can change these details online.

- Other contact details. If your client has changed other details about their company, such as the contact address (not the registered office) telephone or fax numbers, they can amend these details with HMRC using the online corporation tax service. If these contact details are also used for VAT and PAYE they need to tell those departments separately.

Posted by: Bookcert Mentoring Team

Friday 3rd October 2008

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