Making Tax Digital

If you are a VAT-registered business with a taxable turnover above the VAT threshold, then you are now required by HMRC to use the Making Tax Digital service to keep records digitally and use software to submit your VAT returns for VAT periods that started on or after 1 April 2019.

To this effect, we have introduced a new button called “Send Tax Digitally”, in the “VAT Summary” windows, as shown in the video. The button activates a wizard that will guide you through the submission process.

Submit VAT Returns to HMRC Digitally

  • Print and approve the VAT Returns, as you did before
  • Submit the approved VAT Returns to HMRC, by clicking the “Send Tax Digitally” button.

Submit the approved VAT Returns to HMRC

  1. Go to Reports > Purchase Ledger > VAT Summary. Or go to Reports > Sales Ledger > VAT Summary.
  2. Select type of VAT: Accrual Base VAT or Cash Based VAT. The default is Accrual Base VAT.
  3. Select the VAT Year and Period you wish to pay for.
  4. Click the Refreshbutton to display calculated VAT from your digitally held transactions.
  5. Click the Send Tax Digitallybutton and follow the instructions.
  6. Click the Display Historybutton to view past submissions to HMRC.

Activate FAP for Live-Submission of VAT Returns to HMRC

  1. Go to the Maintenance > Preferences
  2. On the Company Settings tab, enter your VAT Registration Number (VRN), without spaces.
  3. Tick the option “Is Registered for MTD (VAT)”
  4. Click the Savebutton to finish.

Register with HMRC

First you must register with HMRC for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT

  1. Click here:if you already have your Government Gateway user ID and Password.
  2. Otherwise click hereto Create sign in details.