CIS

Welcome to the Community forum, @Fordy711! It's a pleasure to have you here. I'd be glad to assist you with this type of transaction in QuickBooks Online. 

It's easy to track CIS withheld in QuickBooks Online, Fordy711. Let's begin by recording the payments you make to the contractor and the payments you receive from them. Then, submit a CIS return to HMRC. Here's how:

1. Go to the Taxes menu, then choose CIS.
2. Click File return for the period you wish to submit to HMRC.
3. Fill out and verify the necessary details, then click Submit to HMRC.
4. Your user ID and password for the Government Gateway will be required.
5. Hit Sign in and submit. The HMRC and QuickBooks connections will start. 
6. Close the message once HMRC accepts your submission to go back to QuickBooks.

Once done, record the payment you made to HMRC. It will show up in your reports as having paid HMRC taxes, and it will help you match and categorize transactions in QuickBooks so that your books balance at the end of the year. Please follow the steps below:

1. Select + New, then make an expense.
2. Enter the name you created for HMRC in the supplier field.
3. Choose the bank account and the payment method from which you have paid HMRC 
4. Navigate to the payment's date.
5. Under the Category, select the CIS Payments to HMRC account in the table section.
6. Type in the amount you have paid HMRC, then hit Save and Close.

Check out this article for detailed processes and information: File a CIS return in QuickBooks Online.

You need to unfile your return if you have to modify any CIS transactions in a closed period. Check out this article to learn how: Unfile a CIS return in QuickBooks Online.

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