[GNC-dev] [GNC] UK VAT and "Making Tax Digital"

[Maf. King]

it would, and I shall.  but it will take a while, really hectic here at the 
moment.



On Saturday, 27 July 2019 11:23:45 BST Christopher Lam wrote:
> PS it would be worth documenting your process of exporting CSV and
> importing into MTD software into the wiki?
> 
> On Wed, 24 Jul 2019 at 10:39, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> > Hi Christopher,
> > 
> > I've just submitted the first MTD VAT return using GC and the report you
> > very
> > kindly wrote.
> > 
> > The only glitch discovered in actual production use is that the dates
> > exported
> > by the report in to the CSV file and hence read by the bridging
> > spreadsheet
> > need to have a 4-digit year, the export is presently only 2 digits.
> > 
> > I had no EU transactions this quarter
> > 
> > but otherwise, no problems, the numbers all matched up to my old custom
> > reports.
> > 
> > so thank you very much for the time to make this work.
> > 
> > best regards,
> > Maf.
> > 
> > On Wednesday, 12 June 2019 15:30:15 BST Christopher Lam wrote:
> > > Hi
> > > 
> > > I think it'll be reasonable for now to merge some infrastructure work in
> > > the transaction-report engine to allow CSV export.
> > > 
> > > uk-vat-report.scm would be a custom-report, added onto standard-reports
> > 
> > or
> > 
> > > possibly config-user.scm on request, with caveat that the
> > > accounts-selection is not yet set in stone.
> > > 
> > > Ultimately it may be an idea to add onto the Tax-Info dialog to tag
> > > accounts, but I don't know how to do that.
> > > 
> > > C
> > > 
> > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2019 at 11:07, Maf. King <maf at chilwell.net> wrote:
> > > > Hi Christopher,
> > > > 
> > > > thanks for the gentle prod.  I've been very busy for the last couple
> > > > of
> > > > weeks,
> > > > and I apologise for not getting back to you sooner.
> > > > 
> > > > so far, the VAT report seems to work for me, I haven't spotted any
> > 
> > glaring
> > 
> > > > problems, although I appreciate the limitations on the account
> > 
> > selections
> > 
> > > > that
> > > > you mention, and I haven't explored deeply with anything other than my
> > > > normal
> > > > files.
> > > > 
> > > > it seems that MTD hasn't gone away (unfortunately) and would be a
> > 
> > shame to
> > 
> > > > miss the release bundle, although I accept that this is still code
> > 
> > which
> > 
> > > > is
> > > > beta-ish in nature, and I don't know the GC policy on including code
> > 
> > which
> > 
> > > > may
> > > > still need some polish in a finished release.  However, I would also
> > > > counter
> > > > that the first real complete test of the workflow has to wait for July
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > > > the
> > > > first return being prepared.
> > > > 
> > > > best regards,
> > > > Maf.
> > > > 
> > > > On Sunday, 9 June 2019 15:53:26 BST Christopher Lam wrote:
> > > > > Any final views on enabling CSV export of subtotals and VAT report?
> > 
> > 3.6
> > 
> > > > > will be in preparation soon...
> > > > > 
> > > > > The VAT report is rather UK-specific regarding EC sales and I don't
> > 
> > know
> > 
> > > > > rules for other EC countries. It'll be a shame to limit it to UK
> > 
> > only,
> > 
> > > > > which means any other EC VAT report will need to duplicate and amend
> > 
> > the
> > 
> > > > > report.
> > > > > 
> > > > > And while the selection of Sales/Purchases/VAT accounts is IMHO
> > > > > satisfactory, the tagging of EC accounts via account-description is
> > > > 
> > > > rather
> > > > 
> > > > > hackish, but possibly the easiest one available so far, unless we
> > 
> > reuse
> > 
> > > > the
> > > > 
> > > > > Tax-Info dialog.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Unless the above questions are not finalised I wouldn't think it's
> > > > > appropriate to merge VAT-report.
> > > > 
> > > > --
> > > > Maf. King
> > > > PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7  2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7
> > 
> > C542
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Maf. King
> > PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7  2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542


-- 
Maf. King
PGP Key fingerprint = 8D68 A91F 733B 2C1F 43B7  2B7C E591 E8E1 0DE7 C542