If you’re planning to cease trading at 31 March 2026, there are several important tax and administrative steps that must be completed before your company can be formally wound up and removed from the register.
Closing a company isn’t as simple as stopping trading. Both Inland Revenue and the Companies Office expect all obligations to be fully resolved before a company can be removed.
Here’s what you need to consider.
As we head toward 31 March, now’s a good time to stop and ask yourself this question.
For many business owners, the answer is yes. Maybe income is higher than expected, margins are tighter, there’s a new income stream, or plans changed partway through the year. The good news? There’s still time to review things before year-end — and that can make a real difference.
Extremely common with business owners is the shame we feel when things aren't working out with our finances.
Business finances are just numbers. Your P & L is a report card on how the business is doing. Yet we make it mean something about ourselves. We’re dumb, we’re stupid, we’re not good enough, we should have stuck to our day job....
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