VAT: "The period end must be the last day in the month"
Question asked by Kevin Doran 8 years ago
Why?
Hi both
I have seen error messages from HMRC rejecting VAT returns as they have not been given the correct end date for a user's normal quarter end so it may be that they do not allow any returns from us unless they have been given a correct VAT quarter end date (this needs to be investigated by the devs though). This may then have affected the original decision to prevent users from selecting any end date.
I think it would be ok to allow users to select a custom end date and remove the submit to HMRC icon if the above is correct, but this all needs to be reviewed and prioritised.
It's in the queue - hopefully, with the imminent end of the subscription project it should free up some more dev resources to get to this soon.
Best answer
Here you go @John, see my ticket 13 Feb.
You're right Kevin, no reason, my client had to do a manual VAT return.
Cheers Paul.
Somebody else can pop a reply on https://secure.clearbooks.co.uk/community/questions/19526/vat-return-correlation-id too if they happen to see this msg ;-)
Same answer on that one Kevin, "computer says no"
Hi both
I have seen error messages from HMRC rejecting VAT returns as they have not been given the correct end date for a user's normal quarter end so it may be that they do not allow any returns from us unless they have been given a correct VAT quarter end date (this needs to be investigated by the devs though). This may then have affected the original decision to prevent users from selecting any end date.
I think it would be ok to allow users to select a custom end date and remove the submit to HMRC icon if the above is correct, but this all needs to be reviewed and prioritised.
It's in the queue - hopefully, with the imminent end of the subscription project it should free up some more dev resources to get to this soon.
Best answerHi John
I think the point being HMRC do accept return that cover a part-month so the submit button really needs to be there.
Yes, indeed, as with my client, not all businesses deregister from VAT at a month end.
Hi both,
It looks as though this was just self-imposed by ourselves (from the beginning of CB) and the integration with HMRC does not prevent us from submitting end dates other than the end of the month so we have removed the restriction and it should now be possible to set any end date.
John - you are a star! Can you pass on thanks to the team.
Will do - this is courtesy of Alex and Peter :)
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