Understanding Quarterly Instalment Payments for Corporation Tax:
A Guide for Business Owners
As a business owner, you may need to pay your corporation tax in four quarterly instalments if your company is considered large.
A company is considered large if its profits for the accounting period exceed the upper relevant maximum amount (URMA) in force at the end of that period.
The URMA is currently set at £1.5 million, and the rate of corporation tax is 19% from 1 April 2017, reducing to 17% from 1 April 2020.
If your company is affected by the quarterly instalment payments, you’ll need to estimate your current year tax liability and make instalment payments based on that.