Corporation Tax Activation Code Letter

[FlyingHigh]

Hi all,

I am new to the business world and so any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have recently registered my company and when setting up through companies house online, I chose the option that I was not currently trading.

At the start of this month, I received a letter with an activation code for corporation tax. When going to register this online, the website states:

"I want to tell HMRC that I am in business and need to register for a new tax or tell HMRC that the company is now active"

By signing up to this service, my understanding is that I would be notifying that I am an active company. Am I correct in this assumption?

I am currently only setting up my company whilst I get my license needed for my nature of work. Due to this all that I have done thus far is open a business bank account, though I have not put any funds in the account.

Thanks in advance!

 

[SteveHa]

You appear to have missed the word "or" in the website message. registering now does not automatically tell HMRC that the company is active.

Even if they do construe it that way, a simple call to tell them that they are wrong will fix it.

 

[Alan]

At the start of this month, I received a letter with an activation code for corporation tax. When going to register this online, the website states:

Or don't bother activating it. I have been running my business for 8 years and only this year activated corporation tax on my portal, just because I was bored and wanted to check the payment I made had been registered. Previous years I just paid to the account provided.

This year I paid slightly early rather than waiting to the dead line. To my horror, I found my account in credit by 29p because of interest on the slightly early payment

 

[FlyingHigh]

Thank you for all advice. I will ring the tax office today and try to get it sorted.