REF filingreceipts.com · 6 November 2026
What a filing receipt actually proves
Received, accepted, registered: what company, court, patent and tax filing acknowledgements confirm, and what they do not.
Data tools
Filing systems14A sourced directory of official filing systems for companies, courts, patents and tax in the US, UK, Europe, Australia, Canada and India.Status terms25A sourced glossary of filing status terms used by Companies House, SEC EDGAR, court e-filing, patent offices and tax authorities, with what each means.Receipt contents16A sourced table of filing receipts from company registries, courts, patent offices and tax authorities, showing what each confirms and what it leaves open.What a receipt proves
- Received, accepted and registered explained Received means a system has the document. Accepted means it passed checks. Registered or filed means it is on the record. How six systems use each word.
- What a filing receipt proves, and what it does not A filing receipt shows a system took in a document at a stated time. It rarely shows the filing was accepted, checked or true. Examples from six systems.
Company and court filings
- Companies House filing status explained How UK Companies House receives, checks, accepts, rejects and registers documents, what status labels mean and what a confirmation does not show.
- Court e-filing receipts compared What the US Notice of Electronic Filing, the CE-File submission confirmation in England and Wales, and the Australian Notice of Filing each confirm.
- How to check a docket How to find a court docket or case file record in the US, England and Wales and Australia, what a docket entry shows, and what it does not prove.
- SEC EDGAR filing acceptance explained What an EDGAR accession number, acceptance message, suspense message and filing date mean, the 5:30 p.m. cutoff, and why acceptance is not SEC approval.
Patents and tax
- Patent filing receipts explained: USPTO, EPO and PCT What the USPTO filing receipt and Electronic Acknowledgement Receipt, the EPO acknowledgement of receipt and the PCT filing date notice each confirm.
- Tax e-file acknowledgements explained What an IRS accepted or rejected acknowledgement, a CRA confirmation code and an Indian ITR e-verification each confirm, and what they leave open.