This project is retro technology. It takes as input a file containing UK corporation tax values in YAML form. It then takes HMRC's CT600 form in PDF and annotates the computations into the form, outputting a new PDF.
The output is a PDF file which could in theory be filed with HMRC, if HMRC were still accepting CT600 forms, which they are mostly not.
If you know what YAML is, the input file is a YAML file containing a
single ct600 object. The object's fields have the CT600 box number as
key, and the value is whatever goes in the box.
If you don't what YAML is, the input is a text file, the
first line is ct600: subsequent lines are the CT600 box data, each
subsequent line is two spaces followed by the CT600 box number followed by
whatever goes in the CT600 box.
Extra rules:
- Dates should be ISO YYYY-MM-DD format
- Bank sort code is just 6 digits, no dashes.
- For 'put an X in the box if...' boxes, use
trueto indicate an X goes in the box.
You don't have to have a box value in the input for every CT600 box. To leave a box blank, just leave the field out of the input file.
See all-values.yaml for an example which fills in every form box in the
form.
Simple example input:
ct600:
1: Example Biz Ltd.
2: 12345678
30: 2020-01-01
35: 2020-12-31
70: true
75: true
160: 103951
90: Dog ate the accounts
- There is no warranty.
- This is likely incomplete - it does what I want, but you shouldn't be playing with this project unless you're prepared to do some work checking the values are right for you, and possibly adding extra annotations to the form which aren't covered.
- The CT600 form changes periodically, which will invalidate the annotations specification. The annotations spec here has absolute PDF form positions.
scripts/ct600-fill --input all-values.yaml --output output.pdf
Discord server if you want to discuss... https://discord.gg/3cAvPASS6p