File your director’s Self Assessment
If you take salary and dividends from your own company, you usually have to file a personal Self Assessment return (SA100) by 31 January. Fileyear prefills your salary and dividends from the figures already held for your company, you check them, and you file under your own Government Gateway login. This covers salary, dividends and UK bank interest only — it turns away anything that needs the self-employment, property, capital gains or foreign pages.
- Prepared for you, checked by you
- Pay only when you’ve checked it
- Not HMRC or Companies House
Where this sits in your company’s year
Sample year end 31 MarchIs this the right return for you?
You’ll answer these when you start, before you pay anything.
- No self-employment (sole trader) income this tax year
- No rental or other property income this tax year
- No capital gains (shares, property, cryptoassets) this tax year
- No foreign income or gains this tax year
- No pension contributions needing personal relief, and no pension income, beyond the standard relief already given automatically
- No Gift Aid giving beyond small, simple one-off gifts
- Your main home for tax purposes is not in Scotland (no S-prefixed tax code)
- You are not liable to the High Income Child Benefit Charge (you or your partner get Child Benefit and either of you has adjusted net income over £60,000)
- No director’s loan was written off or released (rather than repaid) this tax year
What’s included
Fileyear does
- Salary and dividends prefilled from your company’s own bank data
- The Income Tax calculation: Personal Allowance (and its taper over £100,000), the basic/higher/additional rate bands, the savings starting rate, the Personal Savings Allowance and the dividend allowance
- The Student Loan Plan repayment, if any
- Payments on account worked out and flagged where they apply
- The SA100 (with the SA102 employment page), checked against HMRC rules
You do
- Confirm or correct your salary, dividends, other UK dividends and interest
- Enter your UTR and the tax deducted from your P60
- Press submit under your own Government Gateway login
How it works
A few quick questions
To check this is the right return, and to confirm your UTR and which director this is.
Check your income
Salary and dividends from your own company, prefilled from your bank data; add any other dividends or interest.
Check and submit
See your tax calculation, then file under your own HMRC login.
Deadlines and penalties
| What | Due | If late |
|---|---|---|
| Online filing (SA100) | 31 January after the tax year ends | £100, then £10 a day after 3 months, up to £900 |
| Balancing payment | 31 January after the tax year ends | Interest from the day after, then a 5% penalty at 30 days |
| Payments on account (if required) | 31 January and 31 July | Same as the balancing payment |
Fileyear compared
| Option | Price | Scope | Who files |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fileyear | £34.80 | Salary, dividends and UK interest only | You |
| A general accountant | £150–300 a year | Anything | They do |
| HMRC’s free service | Free | Anything, but no prefill from your company | You |
Questions directors ask
Why do I need this as well as the company’s tax return?
The company’s Corporation Tax Return (CT600) is the company’s own tax. Salary and dividends you personally receive from it are your income, reported on your own Self Assessment.
Where do the salary and dividend figures come from?
From the bank lines already categorised as salary or dividend payments to you in your company’s own accounts in Fileyear. You can always correct them against your P60 or dividend vouchers before you file.
What if I also have rental income or I’m self-employed?
Fileyear turns that away rather than guess: those need the property or self-employment pages, which this job does not prepare.
What if my main home is in Scotland?
Scotland sets its own Income Tax bands for salary and other non-savings income. Fileyear does not calculate these, so this job turns Scottish taxpayers away rather than risk using the wrong bands.
How much is it?
£34.80 for each director’s return, paid when you file it. There is no membership.
Related filings
File your director’s Self Assessment, prepared for you
Enter your company and Fileyear prepares it. You only pay once you’ve checked it.