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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 >

Hi, I noticed we can load and update any CIS properties/settings for subcontractors using the Sage 50 .NET SDK. Is there any way to 're-trigger HMRC CIS verification' after update from the SDK? Thanks, Martin

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 migrating VAT records to a new platform as part of their transformation of VAT. This impacts you if you pay HMRC by Direct Debt and they don't hold a valid email address for you. HMRC need a valid email address for those paying by…

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…

The HMRC gateway is currently returning errors when VAT Returns are submitted, in Sage 50cloud Accounts this may result in the error message: " Object reference not set to an instance of an object." We've requested an update from HMRC, in the mean…

HMRC has advised that due to scheduled maintenance the MTD VAT online services won't be available between 9am and 9pm on Sunday 30 May. This means you won't be able to submit returns from Sage 50cloud Accounts during this time. Read more >

From April 2021, HMRC are enforcing the digital links rules under Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT. We've summarised what's changing and what you need to do here >

For UK VAT Returns submitted from 8 April 2021, HMRC are changing the names of some of the boxes on the UK VAT Return to reflect that the UK is no longer part of the EU and to recognise the Northern Ireland Protocol changes. Don't worry, there's no…

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…

We're aware of reports that HMRC are currently experiencing intermittent issues with their online service. If you have an issue when making an accounts submission, please try again later.

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…

The introduction of the domestic reverse charge for construction services will be delayed for a period of 5 months from 1 October 2020 until 1 March 2021 due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the construction sector. Read more >

Hi, I've been trying to submit my latest VAT return but it isn't submitting. I've previously been able to do this without issues. I've checked to see if there are any updates which may affect this, there aren't. When I click 'submit online'> next…

The submission is only accepted if I change the details to show our original VAT registered postcode. We moved and updated HMRC with the changes 4 years ago, Sage still doesn't accept the 'new' post code. I confirmed with HMRC that they have our details…

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…