Sage 50 Accounts

Learn why VAT for Agents is being removed from the Online Agent Authorisation service and discover what it means for you and your VAT clients. Read more >

HMRC have announced scheduled maintenance, meaning the MTD - VAT service will be unavailable from 8am until 7pm on Saturday December 9 . You will not be able to submit VAT Returns from your Sage 50 Accounts software during this time. Read more >

HMRC have advised that due to scheduled maintenance the MTD VAT online services won't be available between 4pm Friday 14 January 2022 and 9am Monday 17 January 2022. This means you won't be able to submit returns online during this time. Find out more…

HMRC are currently undergoing work on the transformation of VAT services which will involve migrating customers to a new IT platform. This impacts customers with an existing Direct Debit. UK banking regulations require HMRC to hold a valid contact point…

If you deferred your VAT payments which were due between 20 March and 30 June 2020 and you haven't yet paid the deferred amounts, HMRC's new repayment scheme is now open. Under the new scheme, qualifying businesses can repay the VAT in installments…

If you took advantage of the UK Government VAT deferral scheme, don't forget that VAT Returns with a payment due after 30 June must be submitted and paid as normal. If you normally pay by Direct Debit, don't forget to reinstate your Direct Debit at…

Making Tax Digital (MTD) has graced our presence for the best part of a year, coming into fruition for most businesses since April 2019. By now the world and his dog should be aware of MTD! However, for those of you who are still wondering what it's all…

Hi, I have just tried to submit my first MTD submission but when i press next at the submission part of the wizzard it gives me a pop up but its just a blank screen and i cannot go any further. i have looked online and it looks like i should have…

Hi, is there a problem with VAT submission via Sage 50C? I joined the MDT scheme last quarter and managed to submit VAT directly from Sage on 1 Feb. However this time the Sage gets stuck while trying to communicate with HMRC. Anyone experiencing the same…

Most businesses are now eligible to join HMRC's Making Tax Digital (MTD) open pilot. If you use Sage 50 Accounts and you haven't signed up for MTD yet, our MTD checklist can help you make the switch. View Sage 50cloud Accounts MTD checklist >

Hi. We have received notification from HMRC to that we can join the MTD pilot scheme. However, we have a few EC transactions (eg monthly Microsoft subscriptions) which are invoiced (in sterling) from EC (Dublin). No VAT is paid. We are running Sage 50cloud…

I have the problem noted in article 28765, ' VAT Return Too Old: Invalid Period – You cannot submit a return over 12 months old' when trying to submit our VAT return as we use the annual accounting scheme. For the past few years this has been no real…