Company administration / Compliance Watch

Every limited company in Ireland has various obligations that must be completed to avoid any fines or de-registration of the company, which is particularly the case if no annual return/confirmation statement or balance sheet is filed. We complete these tasks for you in the correct form and on time, so that you don't have to worry about anything yourself and your company is kept harmless.

Annual obligations of a limited company in Ireland

Every Irish limited company has various statutory reporting and publication obligations which management must comply with, otherwise the company will be fined and/or automatically deleted.

These obligations are generally imposed on every limited company, whether the company commences trading after incorporation or is inactive, and it does not matter whether the limited company operates in Ireland or outside Ireland.

Essentially, the duties include the following:

Annual returns

The Annual Return is a type of annual company report designed to keep the information on file with the Companies Registration Office up to date and to signal to the CRO that the company is still in use. An annual return must be submitted for the first time six months after the company was founded and from then on every 12 months.

Annual financial statements

Just as annual financial statements of corporations in Germany must be published with the German Federal Gazette, Irish legislation also requires the publication of annual financial statements - called financial statements in Ireland - with the Companies Registration Office (CRO).

Tax return

A tax return must also be submitted to the Irish tax office every year. Unless there is no tax liability in Ireland, which is particularly the case if a limited company is operated in Germany or other countries and there is no permanent establishment in Ireland, about which the Irish tax office would like to be informed.