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<p>On 25 March Companies House announced that all businesses could apply for a three-month
extension for filing their accounts, with those citing issues around COVID-19 immediately
granted an extension. To support this measure Companies House developed a fast-tracked,
online system that takes businesses just 15 minutes to complete. There have so far
been over 50,000 successful applications. This was supplemented on 28 March when the
Government announced it will offer further extensions should circumstances require.</p><p>
</p><p>On 16 April Companies House announced that companies issued with a late filing
penalty due to COVID-19 will have appeals treated sympathetically and that it has
temporarily paused the strike off process to prevent companies being dissolved. This
will help ensure businesses struggling to update their records because of the crisis,
are not struck off the register.</p>
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