Key tax dates
The dates most of our clients need in a tax year. Your accountant will tell you which apply to you.
The dates most of our clients need in a tax year. Your accountant will tell you which apply to you.
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Start fresh records for the new year.
For Self Assessment, if you make payments on account.
First quarterly update for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
If you started working for yourself in the last tax year.
Most people file online instead, by 31 January.
Second quarterly update for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
File your return and pay any balance and first payment on account.
Third quarterly update for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
The last day of the tax year; check your records are complete.
Fourth quarterly update for Making Tax Digital for Income Tax.
File your annual accounts within nine months of your year end.
Pay your Corporation Tax nine months and one day after your year end.
File the Company Tax Return within twelve months of your year end.
Confirm your company details at least once a year.
File and pay your VAT return one month and seven days after the period end.
General information for the 2026/27 tax year, not advice.
The tax year planner has every one of these deadlines in one place, on paper.