Thirty-Two Days to 23 September: Ireland CT1 for December Year-Ends
As of 22 August 2026, Irish companies with a 31 December 2025 accounting period have thirty-two days to file Form CT1 and pay any corporation tax balance through ROS by 23 September — start iXBRL and Form 46G work after Sunday’s ROS cash cluster.
Revenue’s Calendar of key dates for tax professionals lists Corporation Tax returns and balances for accounting periods ending 1–31 December 2025 in the 1–23 September 2026 electronic window. As of Saturday 22 August — one day before the Sunday PAYE/RCT/CT cash cluster — December year-end companies have thirty-two calendar days to the 23 September ROS filing and payment date.
Revenue’s corporation tax payment and filing guidance is clear: under mandatory e-filing you must file the return and pay any tax due nine months after the accounting period ends, on or before the 23rd of that ninth month, through ROS. Non-electronic filers use a shorter 1–21 September window.
What must clear by 23 September
Form CT1, Form 46G (Company) where required, and iXBRL-tagged financial statements where tagging applies — treat validation failures as filing blockers, not cosmetic warnings.
Any corporation tax balance due on the same date as the return. Preliminary tax for December year-ends should already have been settled; September is the true-up and return pack.
Interest runs on late or incomplete payments, and late returns attract surcharges plus possible restriction of loss and group relief claims — diary the ROS upload, not only the bank payment.
Thirty-two-day prep checklist
After Sunday’s August ROS cash cluster, lock management accounts and book-to-tax adjustments so iXBRL tagging is not waiting on open July journals.
Confirm ROS digital certificates and signing access for the company inbox before mid-September holidays thin coverage.
Gather Form 46G contractor and third-party payment details beside the CT1 computation — not as a last-day surprise.
Keep September PAYE (14/23), bi-monthly VAT (19 September), and this CT1 window on one sequenced ROS calendar.
How FinnAccountings helps before the CT1 ROS upload
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Related reading
Yesterday’s thirty-three-day CT1 countdown still maps surcharge and preliminary-tax context.
Bi-monthly July–August VAT shares the September ROS month — keep both packs sequenced.
Sunday’s PAYE/RCT/CT cash cluster still gates August close before September CT1 work begins.
Use the dual-market tax calculator for high-level planning estimates only — not a CT1 computation.
Today’s thirty-one-day CT1 countdown continues after the Sunday ROS cash cluster.
Sources & references
This article draws on official guidance from the sources below.
- Calendar of key dates for tax professionals
Revenue (Irish Tax and Customs) · Accessed 2026-08-22 - Corporation Tax (CT) payment and filing
Revenue (Irish Tax and Customs) · Accessed 2026-08-22 - When is preliminary Corporation Tax (CT) due?
Revenue (Irish Tax and Customs) · Accessed 2026-08-22
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