Can anyone help me with a VAT payment I have to post.
My VAT return marked as 'filed' is showing as £12131.38 but the payment I made to HMRC was for £16844.47 because there was some surcharges on the final amount. I now don’t know how to post the payment which will mark the VAT return show as paid, with the additional amount being posted to a HMRC Bill. I now have a downloaded payment in my bank account for £16844.47 which I need to match up somehow.
Any help will be appreciated
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Hi TaylorShipley
If you are using QuickBooks Online
You could either
1. In the taxes section record the £12131.38 as being the amount paid and then do a separate expense for the difference of the amount you paid for the surcharge £4713.09 in this example (making sure the supplier is HMRC and you can set up an expense account for the surcharge and then save) Then if you go to banking and click on the transaction and then find a match you should be able to click both
2.Split the transaction on the banking page between the VAT Suspense Account and the expense account you want to use for the surcharge(though this will record the payment in the taxes section as still open,the payment will be allocated correctly to the liability account and the additional payment to the expense account) and then add
Any questions or is you are using the desktop product let us know
Emma
Hi TaylorShipley
If you are using QuickBooks Online
You could either
1. In the taxes section record the £12131.38 as being the amount paid and then do a separate expense for the difference of the amount you paid for the surcharge £4713.09 in this example (making sure the supplier is HMRC and you can set up an expense account for the surcharge and then save) Then if you go to banking and click on the transaction and then find a match you should be able to click both
2.Split the transaction on the banking page between the VAT Suspense Account and the expense account you want to use for the surcharge(though this will record the payment in the taxes section as still open,the payment will be allocated correctly to the liability account and the additional payment to the expense account) and then add
Any questions or is you are using the desktop product let us know
Emma
Brilliant. Thank you Emma