Books → accounts → CT600 → file, in 86 seconds.
A4O Accounts takes a UK limited company from bookkeeping through statutory accounts and the Corporation Tax return to filing. This is the app, on a demo company.
Free to get started, including filing. No card required.
The full walkthrough, in five minutes
For accountants and anyone evaluating it properly: one company’s year end from setup to an accepted filing, on a demo company. Silent, with a caption for each part.
- 0:00Set up the company
Registration number, UTR and the Companies House details on the company’s profile.
- 0:21Keep the books
Import a bank statement, check the suggested accounts and post it.
- 1:02Year end
The year-end checklist, bank reconciliation, journals and the trial balance.
- 1:34Statutory accounts
A new Companies House filing, the micro-entity accounts and their notes.
- 2:06iXBRL
The tagged accounts, previewed as they’ll be filed.
- 2:27Tax computation
Profit, add-backs and capital allowances, and where the adjustments are edited.
- 3:08CT600 return
Every box of the return, and adding a CT600A page.
- 3:42Checks before filing
The return’s sections, then previews of the iXBRL computation and the XML HMRC receives.
- 4:10Filing, in Test Mode
The Companies House and HMRC submit dialogs. Nothing is sent.
- 4:47Filing status
An accepted filing with its references. Illustrative: the accepted state is staged.
Each part, on its own
Books
Import a bank statement, check the account suggested for each line, and post it. Nothing reaches the books until you post it.
Reports
The dashboard, the profit and loss account and the balance sheet, all from the posted books.
Corporation Tax
From the filing dashboard to the return’s accounts, the tax computation and the CT600 box by box, then the submit dialog in test mode.
Where to go next
Try it on your own company.
Add a company, bring in the books and prepare this year’s accounts and return.
No card required. Want us to walk you through it? Email us.