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February 12, 2022
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Creating and filing old VAT returns

  • February 12, 2022
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Hello, I recently moved to QB. I have uploaded all my banking transactions since 5 October 2020. My VAT scheme is set to start on 1 November 2020 on a quarterly basis. I have an open return for the latest period (1 Nov 2021 to 31 Jan 2022), but I am unble to create historical returns to reconcile past VAT liabilities with VAT payments I have made in the past. QB will neither allow me to create a new return, nor to change the start date of the last open rurn. What should I do?

 

Many thanks

 

Tomas 

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February 12, 2022

Thanks for choosing QuickBooks to cater to your business needs, TomasW11. I'm here to assist you in recording your historical returns in the program.

 

To record your historical tax payments, you'll have to enter your transactions first. Then, the returns will reflect on the VAT page, where you can manually mark them as filed. Once done, you'll have an option to enter the payments. 

 

For the detailed steps in recording your past transactions, please see this article: Enter Historical Information.

 

However, if you've already filed and paid the VAT returns, I'd suggest contacting our QuickBooks Support Team. They're equipped with tools to un-file and un-pay the transactions. Once done, they'll now show up on the VAT page, so you can mark them as filed and paid.

 

Here's how to reach out to our support:

 

  1. Go to the Help (?) icon at the top.
  2. On the Assistant tab, click Talk to a human.
  3. Enter your concern in the Type something field, then click the send icon.
  4. Click I still need a human.
  5. Select Get help from a human.
  6. You can either select the Chat with us or Have us call you option.

 

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Additionally, I've included these articles that'll show you how to correctly set up your QuickBooks Online account. Our guides are all you need to start getting the most out of our program:

 

 

Please get back to us if you have other questions about managing your QuickBooks account, TomasW11. We're always here to help. Take care!