Company with VAT and payroll
The business has a year end, is VAT-registered, and runs payroll throughout the year.
The checklist expands because the company needs visibility across several recurring compliance streams, not just annual accounts.
Practical compliance tool
Generate a practical compliance checklist for the company year using year end, VAT, payroll, and first-year trading status.
The output is designed to turn disconnected filing knowledge into one practical company-year checklist.
Generate a practical compliance checklist for the company year using year end, VAT, payroll, and first-year trading status.
The result lists the key compliance steps that usually follow from the company-year facts you enter, such as accounts, confirmation statement, tax, VAT, and payroll actions.
It is intended to improve workflow visibility, especially for small teams that currently manage deadlines ad hoc.
Rule summary
The company year creates more than one deadline. Accounts, tax, confirmation statement, VAT, and payroll obligations often overlap and need to be managed together.
The right calendar therefore depends on whether the company is VAT-registered, running payroll, and still in its first year of trading.
Worked examples
The business has a year end, is VAT-registered, and runs payroll throughout the year.
The checklist expands because the company needs visibility across several recurring compliance streams, not just annual accounts.
A newer company is not yet dealing with every recurring tax process.
The generator produces a lighter list because the compliance footprint is still narrower.
Treat the checklist as a live working calendar, not as a one-time reference page.
Open the specific deadline or penalty tools when one item needs a deeper calculation.
Review the calendar again if VAT or payroll status changes, because that alters the practical obligation set.
Read the guide
This guide explains why a company compliance calendar needs to combine obligations rather than leaving accounts, tax, VAT, and payroll as separate mental lists.
Assumptions and limits
This tool gives a practical estimate and depends on the assumptions shown below.