iamthemoney
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ok thanks, so is it better to wait until the ARD and then post it in?
thanks
The Annual Return contains information which is correct on a certain date - the ARD or the made up to date. In your case you have to use the ARD as its your first return. If you were to post it a few days early, how are you to know what could or would happen in between those couple of days which could change the detail on the form completly.
ok good point, say the ARD is 25 Feb keep the CRO happy and keep the company on time, you have to file within 28 days of this date?
so if i post form on 28th i am still ok,
thanks
ARD is 25/02/2012. You have up to 26/03/2012 (which is next working day) as the 28th day actually falls on the 24/03/2012. Dont leave it til the last day though as if you miss this deadline, you will hit late filing penalties.
Also, have a look at filing your Annual Return [broken link removed] using [broken link removed]. Its cheaper than filing paper documents and also gives you more time to file.
Hi
If you send anything to Carlow make sure you send it registered post and ideally make it that someone has to sign for it. I have had too many problems with returns going missing in the Carlow office to mention. Even if you know that An Post delievered it their address because you sent it registered post unless you can prove it was in the building by the due date you will still have to pay the late filing fee and loose audit exemption.
If you can spare the time I would definately hand deliver it to the Parnell Square office. There is usually not that much of a que.
Hope this helps
capnhand
Even if you know that An Post delievered it their address because you sent it registered post unless you can prove it was in the building by the due date you will still have to pay the late filing fee and loose audit exemption.
I have to say I've never had a problem with this. The CRO say that if you can prove that the return was in the postal system on the due date (even if posted on that date) then they will accept it as received on-time.
We had a problem with them some years ago where I submitted two returns together (for 2 separate companies, each with separate payment cheques and separate covering letters) in one envelope about a week ahead of a deadline. They lodged one of the two, but 'mislaid' the other.
We had to go back to the client to get abridged accounts, B1, and fees cheque all re-signed, and had fight with the CRO to avoid the late filing fee that they wanted to charge. Since then we rarely file a B1 return by ordinary post, and sometimes get a courier to deliver directly to the CRO when time is tight.
You'll probably find that you'll get a day or two leeway from time to time due to unforseen delays. As with every organisation it's best to just ring up and ask nicely. Sweet talking the ladies as you put it shouldn't really be necessary.That's nuts alright, and the same thing happened to me once, and ever after I would make sure that there was one covering letter referencing the separate returns, to avoid it happening again.
When I was in practice I had the Company Sec function for client companies, and regularly when I was up to the deadline I'd ring one out of about 3 nice helpful ladies in Carlow and sweet talk them, and they would tell me to send the signature page etc. directly to them with a cover letter referring to our conversation.
Because we had so many messers of clients, who just wouldn't sign all the pages, or give us the cheque for the filing fees, I had to do this at least a couple of dozen times over a couple of years, and many's an audit exemption and late filing fee was saved...
Sometimes the best results can be achieved with a friendly word and a discussion about the weather... and by figuring out who's the right person to make small talk with!Of course if you're unlucky in who you get to deal with, no amount of charm will help...
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