Filing VAT return for dissolved company

[Kerem]

Company dissolved in December '18 with unfiled vat returns for th e year 2018 . HMRC were still sending letters demanding the outstanding vat returns after the dissolution. So we filed the vat returns for the year 2018 , now in March 2019 , in an attempt to show hmrc that the outstanding vat returns were all for repayment . What damage have we done / what do we do next ?

 

[Scalloway]

The company is dead so no VAT returns are due, nor can it get a refund. So just forget about it.

 

[obscure]

The company is dissolved - it no longer exists. How can something that does not exist file a return? Any debt owed died with the company so the tax man can't get anything and the company can't reclaim anything.

Unless the tax man can prove that you did something criminal (and thus pierce the corporate veil to make you personally liable) nothing is going to happen. If you want to you could write to them pointing out that the company no longer exists but why bother.