As an agent, we have used HMRC's free CT600 filing service for the last 8 years. It takes its time, and is useless on the odd occasion (Prior Year Adjustment etc) but I have had nothing to compare it to. We're now filing about 100 - 150 CT600's a year and we should probably have moved to a commercial package a few years ago. I'm a bit of a technophobe and most likely, once I've found the right commercial filing software, view this as a welcome kick up the [***]. I know a while back, when we bit the bullet on PAYE filings for clients and we moved from HMRC's free Basic Payroll Tools (for the filing) and excel payslips (for the clients), onto a commercial payroll package, we're saving about 2-3 staff-days per month. Thanks everyone for the feedback on the filing products they use. I am liking the look of TaxFiler so far for the CT600s. Having said all that, screw HMRC - I remember starting out as a sole practitioner about 8 years ago, and having a tiny handful of clients and no money left over, and finding the HMRC free online filing tools very helpful.
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As an agent, we have used HMRC's free CT600 filing service for the last 8 years. It takes its time, and is useless on the odd occasion (Prior Year Adjustment etc) but I have had nothing to compare it to. We're now filing about 100 - 150 CT600's a year and we should probably have moved to a commercial package a few years ago. I'm a bit of a technophobe and most likely, once I've found the right commercial filing software, view this as a welcome kick up the [***]. I know a while back, when we bit the bullet on PAYE filings for clients and we moved from HMRC's free Basic Payroll Tools (for the filing) and excel payslips (for the clients), onto a commercial payroll package, we're saving about 2-3 staff-days per month. Thanks everyone for the feedback on the filing products they use. I am liking the look of TaxFiler so far for the CT600s. Having said all that, screw HMRC - I remember starting out as a sole practitioner about 8 years ago, and having a tiny handful of clients and no money left over, and finding the HMRC free online filing tools very helpful.