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Free form notes

The ability to add new notes to Taxfiler Limited Company Accounts. Include option to insert a table format.

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  • Apr 23 2020
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  • Michael Daly commented
    September 08, 2021 14:28

    I want to be able to add a note on share based payments to comply with FRS 102. This is not currently provided for and it seems like there is no plan to do so.

  • Lorraine Earnshaw commented
    April 29, 2021 11:04

    I have just been told by Taxfiler support you cannot add a note for Government Grants in FRS 102 1A accounts. I am sure there are going to be many many businesses who have received the government's Covid support. So much so that the support is material. Therefore to give a true and fair view a disclosure is required by the standard.


    Taxfiler is non-compliant.

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    Alison Ford commented
    July 07, 2020 08:29

    Unfortunately, since the introduction of iXBRL and the requirement to tag everything in the accounts, the addition of free form notes and such formatting requests also means we need to consider how the detail will be tagged. Adding the ability to apply tags is not something we plan to do and it would be impossible to automatically apply tags.

    HMRC require the accounts 'that are presented to the shareholders', therefore excluding any free notes from filleted accounts for the registrar but leaving them in place for HMRC would still mean the need to tag.

    A better solution would be to add a table of taggable items to a note as it is prepared, and then the system automatically assembles the note, however, we would require details of any such note . Sorry there is no easy answer to this issue.

  • Brian Thomson commented
    June 03, 2020 13:51

    Can we please prioritise this, but also make it possible to add tables at the same time

  • David Keighley commented
    May 20, 2020 19:58

    I agree, this would be helpful. A "free note" like the one in the accounting policies. However, it may be a little more complex because, these notes are not necessarily one which would be filed with the Registrar on filleted accounts.

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    Wendy Ilsley commented
    May 20, 2020 15:34

    Thank you Amy for your response

  • Guest commented
    May 18, 2020 08:01

    Sometimes there is a need to do notes such as prior year adjustments, more detail for changes in share capital, and other additional areas. There is the ability to add a general note in the accounting policies, there should be this function in notes.

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    Wendy Ilsley commented
    April 23, 2020 15:00

    What additional notes would you be looking at adding to the accounts?