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title: Setting Annual Return Filing Obligations
description: How to set the annual return filing obligations in Connectworks
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# Setting Annual Return Filing Obligations
## How to set the annual return filing obligations in Connectworks
The filing obligation setting drives which companies will appear by default in your firm's Annual Returns Workflow. If the companies you file for aren't appearing in your default workflow, it's because their filing obligation hasn't been set.
The filing obligation types you can record are:
- **Undetermined** - The Company was imported into Connectworks, and the obligation was not changed during the import process
- **Not Registered Office** - your firm has no filing obligations for the Company. These companies will not show in the Annual Return tab.
- **Office filing only** - your firm performs filings, but does not act as the registered office.
- **Check filing only** - your firm checks filings on behalf of the client, but does not file.
- **Registered office only** - your firm acts as the Registered Office, but does not perform filings.
- **Registered office check filing** - your firm acts as the Registered Office, and checks filings on behalf of the client, but does not file.
- **Registered office and filing** - your firm acts as the Registered Office and performs filing.
### Record the filing obligation for a single Company
1. Select **Edit** for the required Company (either via the Clients tab, Work tab, or Company workspace)
2. Select the **Registries** tab
3. Select the required obligation from the Responsibility dropdown
### Record the filing obligation for multiple companies
1. Navigate to your **Clients\>Companies** **tab**.
2. **Select the tick box** of all companies for which your firm has the same filing obligation (eg, all Registered Office and filing).
3. Select the "**...**" menu in the top right corner of the slide-out panel.
4. Select **change filing responsibility** from the menu, and then choose the correct obligation to apply to these companies.
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