UK VAT and non payment

[Berni Elbourn]

I am new to this and I have tried to follow the scattered VAT advice here.

I think I understand (or possibly not) the methods so far.

I have a big concern that UK VAT is paid within the month of a quarterly 
return. This is such a short time that for a small business there is a 
risk of paying VAT on unpaid invoices.

I can see one way to get round this by using some kind of VAT receivable 
sub account of accounts receivable etc.  Sorry but I can not see how the 
built in invoicing and payment received process can use these.

...

So is there a way to set-up GNUcash transactions so that the actual VAT 
due account is updated only when a customer has actually paid please?

Thanks,

Berni