CT600 and supplementary forms
The new CT600 (2026) form has been added for all files (including Life and Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)) using the FY23, FY24 and FY25 computation templates. This latest version of the form will be available for new computations and will also replace the previous CT600 (2025) form when upgrading existing computation templates that haven’t been previously e-filed and locked.
In the unlikely event that you need to submit a FY22 or earlier return, please contact us for guidance.
CT600E (2026) – Charities and communities amateur sport clubs
The new CT600E (2026) supplementary form has been added to files using the FY25 computation template. The updated form tracks information regarding legacy income and the following changes have been made to support this:
A new ‘Legacy donor details’ sheet allows you to track details of legacy donors. This information flows to Page 4 of the CT600E
Information entered on the ‘Legacy donor details’ sheet also flows to the ‘Legacy income’ box on the
Charities and community amateur sports clubs
sheet in the computation and to a new box E88 on the CT600E.
For financial years prior to 2025 you should use the old CT600E form.
CT600L (2026) – Research and development
The new CT600L (2026) supplementary form has been added for all files using the FY23, FY24 and FY25 computation templates. This version will also replace the existing CT600L (2025) form when upgrading FY23, FY24, and FY25 computation templates, provided those computations haven’t previously been e-filed and locked.
The principal changes are:
Addition of new boxes L71, L71A, L72, L72A, L73, and L73A within the Step 3 – PAYE and National Insurance Contributions liability cap section, to support RDEC.
Update of legislative references at boxes L123 and L167 to reflect the new R&D rules introduced by Finance Act 2024.
Addition of boxes L72A and L73A to the PAYE references continuation sheet, extending its applicability to RDEC relief.
Box L75 workaround (FY24 and FY25 files)
We have been informed by HMRC that the workaround they introduced to deal with the form not being able to correctly support an RDEC claim where the tax credit cap exception applies is still in place for the CT600L (2026). The workaround is as follows:
"If you're claiming an exemption, make sure that the amount entered in box L75 equals the amount entered in box L70. This is so that the amount of step 3 restriction carried forward to the next accounting period in box L80 is '0'."
HMRC have said it will update the service in April 2027 to fix this issue.
Box L168 (FY24 and FY25 files)
The release notes accompanying our August 2024 release commented on an issue relating to box L168 and the tax credit cap for the Enhanced R&D intensive support scheme as follows, “The guidance doesn’t explain how the new legislation within CTA 2009 s1112C(2), relating to Steps 1, 2 and 3, aligns with these existing CT600 boxes. Currently, any amount you enter as a Step 3 amount doesn't link to the CT600L.”
The most logical treatment for a “Step 3” negative amount is to net it off the “Step 1” amount. The CT600L (2026) box L168 has now been updated to reflect this change. We have yet to receive a response from HMRC on the matter and will update the software accordingly if required.
HMRC efiling specification confirms that box L71 and box L71A should not be completed for periods starting before 1 April 2024. HMRC have also confirmed to us separately that new boxes L72 to L73A are also not required for periods starting before 1 April 2024. For FY23 computation templates, which start before 1 April 2024, the CT600L (2026) form does therefore not contain any new links from the computation for these boxes.
CT600P (2026) – Creative industries
The new CT600P (2026) supplementary form for creative industries supports efiling for the old creative industry relief scheme and the new creative expenditure credit regime. The new CT600P (2026) supplementary form has been added for all files using the FY23, FY24 and FY25 computation templates.
To populate the new CT600P, we have added new
Creative expenditure credit – return information
and
Creative expenditure credit group relief surrendered
sheets for the new creative expenditure credit regime and a new
Creative tax credit – return information
sheet for the old creative industry relief regime.
The two return information sheets gather information from the creative industry computation sheets to populate the CT600P. No further data entry should be required on these sheets, but they must be developed into the file to populate the CT600P correctly. You will be prompted in the calculation to do this.
The
Creative expenditure credit group relief surrendered
sheet will need to be populated if relevant.
HMRC efiling validation issue - £1 loss surrender must be entered
HMRC are aware of an issue with one of the e-filing validations within the CT600P. If the company has a creative trade, is claiming under the 'enhanced deduction' regime (not the expenditure credit regime), and is not surrendering any of its surrenderable loss, then the return won’t currently be accepted. HMRC have stated that in this scenario, a £1 must be entered in column D on the last page of the CT600P to allow the return to be accepted and have confirmed that this won’t affect the validity of the claim.
We have added a validation error to the
Payable tax credits
sheet to show an error if this scenario is relevant. The error can be cleared by entering a £1 surrender on this sheet. Note that the £1 will not flow into the rest of the computation schedules.
Independent film tax credits regime
If you are claiming the independent film tax credit and you are in a situation where your ‘UK expenditure’ is greater than your ‘Global expenditure’ (which we believe is possible in some rare scenarios) then the CT600P won’t e-file without validation errors. We have emailed HMRC with regards to this.