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March 31, 2025
Question

Will you support filing unaudited micro-entity accounts with Companies House in the UK?

  • March 31, 2025
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I run a small business in the UK. I received a notification that the online accounts and company tax return service is closing on 31 March 2026, and I must find an alternative method for filing once it has. Companies House is transitioning towards filing accounts by software only, as detailed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/the-online-accounts-and-company-tax-return-service-is-closing I see that QuickBooks and Intuit are not included on the list of providers for unaudited micro-entity accounts, although I note competitors like Xero, FreeAgent and Sage are. https://www.gov.uk/software-company-accounts/y/unaudited/micro-entity Will you support filing unaudited micro-entity accounts with Companies House in the UK after the online accounts and tax return service closes on 31 March 2026?

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March 31, 2025

QuickBooks Online (QBO) has not yet been listed as a recognized software provider for submitting unaudited micro-entity accounts directly to Companies House post-March 2026, @alastair3.Let me provide more insights about it.

 

As of now, QuickBooks is committed to providing our customers with seamless accounting solutions, and we are actively working on alternative options to support your needs for filing accounts post-service closure. I suggest consulting with an accountant who can assist you in ensuring that your filings remain compliant or using another third-party provider who can manage to file on your behalf.

 

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alastair3Author
April 1, 2025

@2512754 thank you for your reply. My accountant suggested I pose the question here.

 

> using another third-party provider who can manage to file on your behalf.

 

This will mean us migrating off QuickBooks—a sizeable headache for us, and the loss of a customer for you.

 

> we are actively working on alternative options to support your needs for filing accounts post-service closure

 

I do hope this comes to fruition in time for the service closure next year.

December 17, 2025

I've just been on the same journey as everyone else reading this thread, and had a conversation with QuickBooks support about it.  Their line is clear:  No, they do not provide this feature on the normal QuickBooks at a micro-entity will use, we all need to get an accountant who uses the QuickBooks tax professional product.

 

They said, and some very quick research seems to back this up, that while Xero is on the list of providers who offer this service, the basic Xero product that us micro-entities use also doesn't support it along similar lines.

 

I'm posting here to make a prediction.  What everyone here has posted is the universal feeling:  This is absurd and we have to leave QuickBooks to do company accounts properly.  Some time in May, June or July 2026, QuickBooks will FINALY get it.

 

A company tax return (unless I've been doing it wrong) is basically pasting a dozen fields from the profit-and-loss sheet, with a few quick calculations as the tax return fields are absurd compared to most people's actual expenditures.  It won't take QuickBooks long to actually do it.

 

I'm lucky:  My company year ends in November, and so I've got a few months more than many until my next one.  I'm simply going to wait it out.  I'm basically counting on enough people either protesting or leaving or both during April-November 2026 to benefit me.  Those people are less lucky, and there's nothing I know of that I can do to help them.