Recording partial VAT payments

Hi @tworkshops 

Similar questions arose last year & year before - with Covid VAT extensions.  I was going to say use the search - but I've tried & can't find them either!

VAT Payments/Refunds are different to standard payments in QBO - they must be done via the VAT Record Payment/Refund function & can't be edited after they're entered.

https://quickbooks.intuit.com/learn-support/en-uk/help-article/pay-sales-taxes/recording-vat-payment...

However, you can record partial payments.

Just keep going back & enter each payment until the VAT debt is cleared.

These payments will then match against your bank feed.

DO NOT ENTER THE FEE - you will have to enter this as a separate payment in QBO & match the two payments against the one bank debit.

Hope this helps.

Thank you for your reply! My bank feed is showing £30018.00 (£30k payment towards VAT plus £18.00 for the fee) how do I separate these payments so I can get this to reconcile?

Hi @tworkshops 

You'll have to enter the £30k via the VAT Payment screen - this will clear the VAT Return(s).

Notice - if the payment is to cover more than one Return, you'll have to break it down into separate payments.  (Although the QBO VAT Payment screen can accommodate multiple payments per return, it cannot clear multiple returns against one payment.)

Then you'll have to make a payment for the £18.00 fee (as a Cheque or an Expense from the bank account).

Categorise this as a Fee (HMRC Fee or Bank Charge) or a Fine or Interest - I'm not sure what it's for.

As above, I don't use bank feed matching so am a bit hazy on the last step.

Finally, reconcile the two (or more) payments against the £30018 on your bank feed.  I guess this will have to be done manually (via the unmatched route?) as QBO does not attempt to do this.

Hope this helps.