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Company Formation FAQ - Tax Authorised Agent

Coddan may be register with the Inland Revenue and act as the registered tax authorised agent for your company.

It allows you to use us as your authorise agent to act on your company behalf for specific matters, such as: tax affairs including self assessment and National Insurance; tax credits; corporation tax; PAYE for employers.

Our tax authorised agent services are charged annually, and must be renewed each year if you want to continue using them.

Please note that our authorised agent services are not including bookkeeping, accountancy and tax preparation services.

Why are authorisations needed?

HMRC has a strict legal duty of confidentiality in respect of the information it holds on customers. The unauthorised disclosure of this information is a criminal offence. HMRC cannot risk divulging information to anyone who has not been properly authorised to receive that information. Customers would not want their personal information disclosed to third parties without their consent.