VAT submissions (NL settings)

You can send your VAT Return online, directly to the HMRC (UK). Users in Ireland can send a generated VAT 3 file to the Irish Revenue. You must enter your VAT submissions details here.

To enter or view online VAT submissions

Open: Nominal Ledger > Utilities > Ledger Set Up > Ledger Settings | VAT Submissions

Open: Nominal Ledger > Utilities > Ledger Set Up > View Ledger Settings | VAT Submissions

UK VAT submissions

Enable VAT submissions as digital record as part of Making Tax Digital (Sage 200 Professional 2022 R1 or later)

Enable Online VAT Submissions (up to Sage 200 Professional 2021 R1)

Submit as a digital record as part of Making Tax Digital (up to Sage 200 Professional 2021 R1)

To make VAT submissions to the HMRC gateway for Making Tax Digital:

  • For Sage 200 Professional 2022 R1 or later: Select Enable VAT submissions as digital record as part of Making Tax Digital.

  • For all versions up to Sage 200 Professional 2021 R1: Select both Enable Online VAT Submissions and Submit as a digital record as part of Making Tax Digital.

Note - warning

Making Tax Digital will become mandatory for all VAT registered businesses from April 2022. XML VAT submissions will no longer be accepted. If you previously used the XML VAT submission feature, you can either move over to MTD for VAT, or opt to use the HMRC portal to submit VAT returns manually.

Enable Online VAT Payments (UK only)

Select this if you want to use the Sage e-Banking service to pay your VAT electronically.

HMRC bank account details If you select Enable Online VAT Payments (UK only), the HMRC account details are displayed in the HMRC bank account details. These account details are taken from the HMRC website. They should not be changed unless you have received notification from the HMRC.
Enable Supplier Payments

If you have a Supplier Payments account, use this option to make payments to the HMRC using Supplier Payments.

When you enable Supplier Payments for the HMRC, a payee account for HM Revenue and Customs will be submitted for approval. Once this payee has been approved by your Supplier Payments account approver, you can make payments to the HMRC. The Status indicates the progress in the approval process.

Note: To enable Supplier Payments, you must first enable both online VAT submissions and payments.

Default bank account for payments

Select the bank account that you want to use by default, from the Default bank account for payments drop-down list. This is the bank account used to pay the VAT.

Nominal VAT liability account

Select the nominal account you want to use as the default for the VAT payment.

VAT Contact Details (Sage 200 Professional 2022 R1 or later)

e-Submissions Contact Details (up to Sage 200 Professional 2021 R1)

Enter the VAT contact details for the person who makes the submission. These are the default details, but you can change these details when making a submission.

You must enter a valid email address in the Email box. If there is no valid email address, the VAT submission will fail.

Irish VAT submissions

Enable Online VAT Submissions

Select this to create a VAT 3 file. This is the file you send to the Revenue via the ROS website.

Note: You must enter your ROS registration number in the Company Details in Accounting System Manager. This is included in the VAT 3 file.

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