# Tax filings

URL: /systems/finance/tax-filings · Id: `capability:tax-filings`

> Tax filings prepare, sign, file and pay the Company’s income, franchise, sales and information returns on time in every jurisdiction.

Tax filings prepare, sign, file and pay the [Company](/business/nouns/company)’s income, franchise, sales and information returns on time in every jurisdiction.

## Contract
| Clause | Terms |
| --- | --- |
| Starts | A due date from [Tax](/systems/tax), or a [Period](/business/nouns/period) close. |
| Prepared from | The [Ledger](/systems/ledger). Every line of a return ties to its [Entries](/business/nouns/entry). |
| Signs | An officer signs under penalty of perjury ([Sworn filings](/systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/sworn-filings)). A paid preparer signs too when one reviews. |
| On time | A return not ready five days before its date gets an extension; the payment still goes on time. |
| While held | Inherited. The Studio-held entity files, with each [Startup](/business/nouns/startup)’s activity on its own schedule. |
| Records | Each return, receipt and payment, posted to the Ledger. |

## Verbs
None.

## Interfaces
- [API](/code/api/reference)
- [SDK](/code/sdk/reference)
- [CLI](/code/cli/reference)
- [MCP](/code/mcp/reference)

## Upstream
apis.tax, under an Agreement.

## Example
A habit-tracking app closes a quarter with $18,400 in taxable sales across six states. Six returns are prepared from the Ledger, the officer signs them in one batch, and each payment posts the day it clears.