Corporation Tax CT600 Submission for Self-managed Landlords (£5200 limit)

[challisj 26]

Up to now I have successfully self managed my property affairs without the need for an accountant.  I now come to submit my first CT600 for my property company (for its first full year).  I have come across the following obstacles on the HMRC web site after I logged on for my Property Co.:

• Unable to submit rental income more than £5200 per annum

• Property expenses cannot exceed the rental income

My rental income in the first year is more than £5200 (good) but I also had a lot of expenses so I made a loss in that first year

Please can anyone help with how I submit my Corporation Tax return in this situation and other people's experience?  All of the accountants I have asked have just said that I need to come to them and use 'software'.  Surely having come this far I can get it over the line somehow in a cost effective manner without needing to pay for additional services that I do not need

Other people's experiences who have not reached for an accountant to do it for them would be most welcome.

Regards

[challisj 26]

Anyone any ideas on this one please? Would welcome the benefit of people's experience.

TIA

[challisj 26]

In the end I was forced to use accountancy software to do the submission since this s/w does not have the limitations of the HMRC front end web site.  I cannot help but thinking they did this intentionally to remove the need to cater for these potentially complex situations.

Oh well, onwards...

[REinvestor 17]

which software did you use?

https://www.gov.uk/company-filing-software/filing-annual-accounts-returns-and-tax-accounts