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HMRC: how to generate and submit the XML file

CCH IXBRL Review And Tag
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    Tagged Accounts (HTML) file

    • The tagged Accounts (HML file) must be submitted to HMRC through the CT600 form, via a Corporation Tax application.
    • The topics below explain how to proceed after generating the HML file and how to attach it to CCH Corporation Tax Return and how to save it if another Corporation Tax application is been used.

    Generating the file

    After generating the XML file for Financial Statements for Members, the following message appears if there is a Detailed Profit and Loss Account report included  in the Accounts.

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    Detailed Profit and Loss tagging

    If you are tagging the Detailed Profit and Loss within the Accounts using the Review and Tag, please click here to follow the steps for this process.

    Or if you are tagging the Detailed Profit and Loss within the CCH Corporation Tax (within the Tax Computation) please click here for instructions.

    Please note the Detailed Profit and Loss must be tagged on either in the Accounts or in the Computation, but not both. If the DPL is tagged within the Accounts (the HTML file) then any Detailed Profit and Loss tags included in the Corporation Tax will be removed prior to the submission of the form CT600 to HMRC. For more information please refer to this informative Knowledge article 13994

    Clearing the errors

    Once you know where the Detailed Profit and Loss is tagged and act accordingly then the next step is to make sure that the errors under Exception Report tabs General iXBRL Errors and HMRC Errors are cleared as below. Ignore any error listed under the tab Companies House.

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    Submission if you are a CCH Corporation Tax user

    If you are using CCH Corporation Tax: from the ribbon click the icon Attach to CT return as highlighted below. The system will export and attach the HML file to the computation tax of the period.

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    Submission if you are using a different Corporation Tax application

    If you are not using CCH Corporation Tax: from the ribbon click the icon iXBRL submission file to save the XML file to your network, this file should be attached computation tax of the period.

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