Bad Debt Expense and VAT return

Question asked by Jamaal Ali 9 years ago

Hi there,

We have some bad debts for which we have paid VAT previously.Now i have deleted the invoices through "Write off" in clearbooks.I checked VAT control account and it has adjusted the figures but for some strange reason its not coming through in VAT return.Any ideas how to resolve this

Thanks

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Hi Jamaal,

As per HMRC the debt must be at least 6 months old before it appears on your VAT return:

https://www.gov.uk/vat-returns/fill-in-your-return

The system should pick this up on a future quarter - You can test this out by putting the To date 6 months from now when searching for invoices on the VAT return.

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9 years ago

Thanks John for your help

9 years ago

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