Accounting Deadline Alerts Automations

🎯 Accounting Alerts Automation

Purpose: Automatically track Companies House filing deadlines for UK accounting firms and prevent costly penalties (£150-£1,500 per missed deadline).

How it works: - Daily automated checks pull live deadline data from Companies House API - Color-coded email alerts (Red/Orange/Yellow/Green) prioritize urgent deadlines - Interactive "Yes/No" buttons let recipients confirm completion status - All data syncs back to Google Sheets for complete audit trail

Value: Saves 2-3 hours/week per firm while eliminating manual tracking errors.

⚙️ Daily Deadline Check & Alert System

Runs: Every weekday at 5 PM (Mon-Fri)

What happens: 1. Read Company Database - Fetches all tracked companies from Google Sheets 2. Get Company Data - Pulls live filing deadlines from Companies House API for each company 3. Update Due Dates - Syncs latest deadline data back to the tracking sheet 4. Build Interactive Email - Creates HTML email with: - Color-coded urgency indicators (days remaining) - Sortable table by due date - Clickable Yes/No confirmation buttons for each company 5. Send via Gmail - Delivers consolidated report to accounting team

Why automated: Manual deadline checking across 10-50+ companies is time-consuming and error-prone. This ensures nothing falls through the cracks.