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Guidance: Company Tax Return taxonomies accepted by HMRC

Published 28 June 2011

Last updated 19 January 2023
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  1. 19 January 2023

    Continue to use the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) 2021 and US GAAP 2018 taxonomies for tagging accounts until further notice. This includes accounts with a 2022 period end. Accounts submitted with FRC 2022 or US GAAP 2021 taxonomies, will receive error code 3317 and the submission will be rejected.

  2. 22 July 2021

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.2 to include the FRC 2019 SECR and FRC 2021 SECR taxonomies.

  3. 8 July 2021

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.1 to include replace a zip file, 1.3 to include the FRC 2021 taxonomy information and 1.4 to include the updated DPL 2019 v1.3 and the DPL 2021 v1.0.

  4. 21 April 2020

    A new taxonomy has been added to the taxonomies accepted by HMRC (section 1.4), also the information on existing taxonomy versions has been updated.

  5. 12 July 2019

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.1 ‘Corporation Tax computational taxonomy 2019’ with new ‘valid from’ date.

  6. 17 May 2019

    The FRC Taxonomy 2014 ‘valid to’ date has been updated to January 2019 in section 1.3 ‘UK International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) taxonomy’

  7. 12 April 2019

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC for 2019 have been added.

  8. 4 February 2019

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.1 ‘Corporation Tax computational taxonomy’ with new ‘valid to’ dates and additional information.

  9. 14 January 2019

    Guidance for taxonomies accepted by HMRC under section 1.3 has been updated.

  10. 9 October 2018

    The taxonomy version links at section 1.4 of the guidance for ‘detailed profit and loss section taxonomy’ have been updated.

  11. 16 May 2018

    The taxonomy version links at section 1.4 of the guidance for ‘detailed profit and loss section taxonomy’ have been updated.

  12. 23 March 2018

    The taxonomy versions in sections 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 of Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated and versions for 2018 have been added.

  13. 11 December 2017

    The taxonomy versions in section 1.1 of Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated and a version for 2017 has been added.

  14. 13 December 2016

    Introductory text to attachment ‘Taxonomies accepted by HMRC’ updated with the instruction that the accounts and computations must be fully tagged, so the taxonomy used contains appropriate XBRL tags.

  15. 8 November 2016

    Multiple amendments to sections 1 ‘UK taxonomies accepted by HMRC’ and 2 ‘Non-UK taxonomies accepted by HMRC’.

  16. 13 September 2016

    The guidance for Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at 1.2 and 1.3. The Company Tax Return: taxonomy for new financial reporting standards has been updated at 2.

  17. 6 May 2016

    Four PDF attachments showing tables of different taxonomies merged into the ‘Taxonomies accepted by HMRC’ page attachment.

    Tables updated to reflect the currently accepted taxonomies.

    Two PDF documents converted to HTML pages.

    No changes to the wording of the documents – this has been a review for function and format, mainly to reduce page ‘clutter’.

  18. 26 February 2016

    Company Tax Return: new XBRL accounts taxonomy for charities attachment added to the page.

  19. 7 January 2016

    The Company Tax Return: updates to the XBRL accounts taxonomy to reflect 2015 changes in UK GAAP and company law attachment has been added to the page.

  20. 13 February 2015

    The Company Tax Return – taxonomy for new financial reporting standards and EU-adopted IFRS guide has been updated.

  21. 30 January 2015

    Company Tax return – taxonomy for new financial reporting standards PDF added.

  22. 28 June 2011

    First published.

Published 28 June 2011

Last updated 19 January 2023
+ show all updates

  1. 19 January 2023

    Continue to use the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) 2021 and US GAAP 2018 taxonomies for tagging accounts until further notice. This includes accounts with a 2022 period end. Accounts submitted with FRC 2022 or US GAAP 2021 taxonomies, will receive error code 3317 and the submission will be rejected.

  2. 22 July 2021

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.2 to include the FRC 2019 SECR and FRC 2021 SECR taxonomies.

  3. 8 July 2021

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.1 to include replace a zip file, 1.3 to include the FRC 2021 taxonomy information and 1.4 to include the updated DPL 2019 v1.3 and the DPL 2021 v1.0.

  4. 21 April 2020

    A new taxonomy has been added to the taxonomies accepted by HMRC (section 1.4), also the information on existing taxonomy versions has been updated.

  5. 12 July 2019

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.1 ‘Corporation Tax computational taxonomy 2019’ with new ‘valid from’ date.

  6. 17 May 2019

    The FRC Taxonomy 2014 ‘valid to’ date has been updated to January 2019 in section 1.3 ‘UK International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) taxonomy’

  7. 12 April 2019

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC for 2019 have been added.

  8. 4 February 2019

    Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at section 1.1 ‘Corporation Tax computational taxonomy’ with new ‘valid to’ dates and additional information.

  9. 14 January 2019

    Guidance for taxonomies accepted by HMRC under section 1.3 has been updated.

  10. 9 October 2018

    The taxonomy version links at section 1.4 of the guidance for ‘detailed profit and loss section taxonomy’ have been updated.

  11. 16 May 2018

    The taxonomy version links at section 1.4 of the guidance for ‘detailed profit and loss section taxonomy’ have been updated.

  12. 23 March 2018

    The taxonomy versions in sections 1.2, 1.3 and 1.4 of Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated and versions for 2018 have been added.

  13. 11 December 2017

    The taxonomy versions in section 1.1 of Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated and a version for 2017 has been added.

  14. 13 December 2016

    Introductory text to attachment ‘Taxonomies accepted by HMRC’ updated with the instruction that the accounts and computations must be fully tagged, so the taxonomy used contains appropriate XBRL tags.

  15. 8 November 2016

    Multiple amendments to sections 1 ‘UK taxonomies accepted by HMRC’ and 2 ‘Non-UK taxonomies accepted by HMRC’.

  16. 13 September 2016

    The guidance for Taxonomies accepted by HMRC has been updated at 1.2 and 1.3. The Company Tax Return: taxonomy for new financial reporting standards has been updated at 2.

  17. 6 May 2016

    Four PDF attachments showing tables of different taxonomies merged into the ‘Taxonomies accepted by HMRC’ page attachment.

    Tables updated to reflect the currently accepted taxonomies.

    Two PDF documents converted to HTML pages.

    No changes to the wording of the documents – this has been a review for function and format, mainly to reduce page ‘clutter’.

  18. 26 February 2016

    Company Tax Return: new XBRL accounts taxonomy for charities attachment added to the page.

  19. 7 January 2016

    The Company Tax Return: updates to the XBRL accounts taxonomy to reflect 2015 changes in UK GAAP and company law attachment has been added to the page.

  20. 13 February 2015

    The Company Tax Return – taxonomy for new financial reporting standards and EU-adopted IFRS guide has been updated.

  21. 30 January 2015

    Company Tax return – taxonomy for new financial reporting standards PDF added.

  22. 28 June 2011

    First published.