Legal Changes to Registered Address providers, and impact on overseas owners.

[julia1]

Why not sign up for email alerts .... go paperless. You can do this for many / most things. It'll solve many of the issues.

Thank you, Elaine, that's really helpful! I thought we had those set up, but I couldn't see it, so let's hope this is the "obvious thing that i'd missed" I was looking for.

So we have already had the following in the HMRC account with thepayroll:

• Business name and address: home address;
  
• Payroll / Communication name and address: registered office address + our email address
  

I've now also added the following: 'Notifications email' – have just set this one. Is this the setting you were referring to?

And do you know how this propagates in practice – do company directors still receive some payroll letters to their home address after this?


Either way, I really hope it will at least reduce the amount of mail coming to the home address.

 

[elaine@cheapaccounting]

The thing with HMRC and Companies House is that they don't talk to each other. So you'll need to set up email comms for each thing - payroll, accounts, confirmation statement etc. My suggestion ..... as further letters come through look for the email comms option for each thing. Yes it's a bit of a pain but eventually you'll get there.

You've probably also had letters about having to do proof of identification at companies house. This is really important. Don't ignore those ones.

There is a lot of admin in having a company It's not a violation on the part of HMRC & Companies House - it's just the legalities of running a company which must be adhered to.

If I may say ... it is better to get the letters so nothing is missed and no fines are incurred. Set up paperless comms as you go .... just part of the company admin to do.

I'm a director and I don't get any letters - I just worked at it over time. If I may be as bold to say .... try not to stress about it . The letters don't need to be opened within 24 hours - but should be opened within a reasonable timeframe.

If you do not want your parents to open them then ask them to package them up and forward them somewhere like a PO box. It's just a case of you working out how you can keep your company admin up to date whilst travelling. Once you've nailed this you're sorted. Enjoy your travels

 

[eteb3]

So we have already had the following in the HMRC account with thepayroll:

• Business name and address: home address;

<snip> And do you know how this propagates in practice

See my previous: I bet they'll write to what you gave as the "business address"

 

[julia1]

My understanding is that if you give a place of business to HMRC, that is the address they will use.

I had a similar issue with our charity. We used to carry most of our work out at a community centre nearby, hiring a room. All the admin is done at my home - the closest thing the charity has to its own address, which is a strange idea in a fully-remote organisation.

But HMRC sent correspondence to the community centre as if it was the charity's own premises. It's not, I just truthfully answered the question "Where does the business operate" (or whatever the exact phrase was).

If you've told HMRC the biz operates from your home address, my guess would be that's why you're getting mail there.

Totally, that's exactly what they seem to be doing - sending all the communications to the business address, instead of the correspondence address. Exactly, I also honestly entered the closest place of where the business is run from and even contacted HMRC to check, so I think this part is definitely set correctly. I'll try to follow Elaine's advice and see if i can switch to the paperless option - I really hope this solves it.

 

[julia1]

The thing with HMRC and Companies House is that they don't talk to each other. So you'll need to set up email comms for each thing - payroll, accounts, confirmation statement etc. My suggestion ..... as further letters come through look for the email comms option for each thing. Yes it's a bit of a pain but eventually you'll get there.

You've probably also had letters about having to do proof of identification at companies house. This is really important. Don't ignore those ones.

There is a lot of admin in having a company It's not a violation on the part of HMRC & Companies House - it's just the legalities of running a company which must be adhered to.

If I may say ... it is better to get the letters so nothing is missed and no fines are incurred. Set up paperless comms as you go .... just part of the company admin to do.

I'm a director and I don't get any letters - I just worked at it over time. If I may be as bold to say .... try not to stress about it . The letters don't need to be opened within 24 hours - but should be opened within a reasonable timeframe.

If you do not want your parents to open them then ask them to package them up and forward them somewhere like a PO box. It's just a case of you working out how you can keep your company admin up to date whilst travelling. Once you've nailed this you're sorted. Enjoy your travels

Oh wow, the fact that you don't receive any letters makes me feel hopeful - I aspire to achieve this as well now! I think I only gave this address to HMRC (though I will double check), so hopefully this won't be too difficult of a fix.

And will do the ID verification, since this is now available (I'm guessing that's the time when we definitely need to receive a letter to the home address with the code, regardless of mailing preferences, from your experience?)

I really hope this solves my 'HMRC doesn't like people who travel' conspiracy. Thank you so much again, Elaine!

 

[elaine@cheapaccounting]

Oh wow, the fact that you don't receive any letters makes me feel hopeful - I aspire to achieve this as well now! I think I only gave this address to HMRC (though I will double check), so hopefully this won't be too difficult of a fix.

And will do the ID verification, since this is now available (I'm guessing that's the time when we definitely need to receive a letter to the home address with the code, regardless of mailing preferences, from your experience?)

I really hope this solves my 'HMRC doesn't like people who travel' conspiracy. Thank you so much again, Elaine!

You're welcome .... being in business is all a learning curve but a brilliant adventure