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How do I choose standard or calendar quarters for my business?

Open Settings → Business details and choose the business. Set Quarterly Period Type to standard or calendar quarters, then select Save All Changes: EasyTaxer saves the change with HMRC.

Where to find it in EasyTaxer: Settings → Business details

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Step by step

  1. Open Settings, Business details from the menu. Choose the business at the top of the screen; the page shows what HMRC holds for it.
  2. Quarterly Period Type sets the periods your quarterly updates cover. Standard quarters end on 5 July, 5 October, 5 January and 5 April. Calendar quarters end on 30 June, 30 September, 31 December and 31 March.
  3. Accounting Type is either Cash or Accrual.
  4. Make your change and select Save All Changes. EasyTaxer saves it with HMRC.
  5. HMRC can take a while to update your quarterly update periods to match. Check the quarters on Submissions before you send your next update; if they still look wrong after a while, contact HMRC.

Steps: the text version of this video

  1. Business details

    Business details, under Settings in the menu, shows what HMRC holds for each of your businesses. Choose the business at the top of the screen.

  2. Quarterly period type

    Quarterly period type sets the periods your updates cover. Standard quarters end on the fifth of July, October, January and April. Calendar quarters end on the last day of June, September, December and March.

  3. Accounting type

    Accounting type is either cash or accrual.

  4. Save with HMRC

    Make your change, then select Save All Changes. EasyTaxer saves it with HMRC.

  5. Check your quarters

    HMRC can take a while to update your quarters to match, so check them on Submissions before you send your next update.

What happens next

  • HMRC can take a while to update your quarters to match. Check them on Submissions before you send your next update; if they still look wrong after a while, contact HMRC.

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