Accounting

VAT that files straight to HMRC.

The VAT module manages your VAT periods, the VAT journal, the EC Sales List and EC Intrastats — then files the nine-box return straight to HMRC under Making Tax Digital. Figures reconcile against the Nominal Ledger before anything is submitted.

  • VAT periods, VAT journal, EC Sales List and Intrastats
  • Nine-box return filed straight to HMRC via the HMRC API
  • VAT figures reconcile against the Nominal Ledger before filing
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DataFlow VAT & Making Tax Digital: VAT periods, VAT journal and the nine-box return.

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The problem

When VAT is a quarter-end scramble.

If the VAT return is rebuilt from spreadsheets each quarter, the numbers are hard to trust and harder to file.

Return rebuilt by hand

The nine boxes are re-keyed from exported figures every quarter, so the return is only as good as the last copy-and-paste.

Filing outside the system

The return leaves the ledger to be typed into a separate portal, which breaks the audit trail Making Tax Digital expects.

VAT and the ledger disagree

Nobody is sure the VAT journal matches the control account until the return is already prepared and the quarter is closing.

Deadlines that creep up on you

With no view of when each VAT period falls due, a return can slip past its date and into HMRC’s points-based penalties before anyone notices the clock.

Overview

VAT, from period to submission.

The return is built from the ledger and filed to HMRC in one place.

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VAT periods and the VAT period close

VAT periods that match your HMRC filing schedule. A period close that fixes the figures once the quarter is done.

  • Per period figures fixed at close
  • Ordered VAT period close
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Works with the rest of DataFlow.

VAT reconciles against the ledger and draws on the figures the trading modules post.

Nominal Ledger

The VAT journal and return reconcile against the Nominal Ledger before you file to HMRC.

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Trade Ledgers

Sales and purchase ledgers carry the VAT on receipts, payments and allocations into the period.

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Order Processing

Invoices and credit notes post their VAT to the journal automatically as documents are processed.

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Audit Trail

VAT periods and postings appear in the financial audit trail, read-only, for review before you file.

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Frequently asked

VAT & Making Tax Digital questions.

Does it file the VAT return to HMRC?

Yes. The end-to-end nine-box VAT return is filed straight to HMRC via the HMRC API under Making Tax Digital, and the credential flow is handled at submission.

How does the return stay in step with the accounts?

The VAT figures reconcile against the Nominal Ledger before filing, so the return agrees with the control account rather than a separate export.

What does the module manage?

It manages your VAT periods, the VAT journal, the EC Sales List and EC Intrastats, all in the same place as the VAT return.

When are the VAT figures fixed?

At the VAT period close. Trading posts to the period as it happens, and closing the period fixes the figures ready for filing.

See it on your VAT return

File VAT straight from your ledger.

  • 30-minute walkthrough
  • Your VAT period
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