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VAT Return in QB Desktop

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December 31, 2020
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I have received a letter from HMRC this week stating that because I have been submitting VAT returns using XML in the past, that from 8th April 2021 this will cease to be possible. As I have always been using the VAT return submission routine in QB Desktop (current installation is QB Desktop 2020), I don't see why this should be. Is this a potential issue that will be addressed by a future update to QB2020, or is this something that the developers will need to address as a matter of urgency?

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Best answer by SarahannC

Hello there, Mollcons. Thank you for posting in the Community forum.

Our developers are currently working on this and will be addressed for a future update. In your next submission for the VAT returns, you're required to use MTD for QuickBooks Desktop.

For additional tips and information, you can check this article: Making Tax Digital (MTD). This helps you ensure you won't miss a single step when filing returns to HMRC for MTD.

Please let me know if you have other questions. Take care and stay safe always.

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SarahannCAnswer

Level 9

Hello there, Mollcons. Thank you for posting in the Community forum.

Our developers are currently working on this and will be addressed for a future update. In your next submission for the VAT returns, you're required to use MTD for QuickBooks Desktop.

For additional tips and information, you can check this article: Making Tax Digital (MTD). This helps you ensure you won't miss a single step when filing returns to HMRC for MTD.

Please let me know if you have other questions. Take care and stay safe always.

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Iwona1

Hi

Does it mean that from 8th of April 2020 all Quickbooks users in the UK, to be able to send their VAT return to Hmrc, will have to register for MTD even if they are not really required to do so yet because they are under the £85,000 threshold?

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GeorgiaC

Level 13

Hi Iwona1,

Thanks for joining this thread,

Once the XML submission method is discontinued the only way to submit this through Desktop would be via MTD, however, you may be able to take the figures and submit these manually with HMRC if they have an alternate for companies who do not meet the requirements for registering. 🙂

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richardmollison

If you want to stay with a desktop version like myself use a filing service such as GoFile

In my view far cheaper and far less risky than going to an online version.

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