VAT Returns, Liabilities, and Payments

The Making Tax Digital VAT extension extends the capability of Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to enable communicate with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) and perform various tasks, including the following: 

  • Retrieve VAT obligations from HMRC
  • Get reminded about VAT obligations that are approaching or already past due
  • Submit VAT returns to HMRC
  • View the VAT return
  • View VAT payments with HMRC
  • View VAT liabilities with HMRC

For more information, see the Microsoft documentation: Making Tax Digital in the United KingdomMaking Tax Digital in the United Kingdom.

After the setup for the Making Tax Digital Workflow is completed, connection with the HMRC can be used to get or submit return, liability, and payment records.

VAT Returns, Liabilities, and Payments

All pages for the VAT returns, return periods, liabilities, and payments have the MEM HMRC Group

  • In a list or a read-only page, the value cannot be edited and shows the MEM HMRC group for the line.
  • In a processing or request page, a default MEM HMRC group appears and can be changed as needed. When changing the value, selecting the ellipses button (...) opens the MEM HMRC VAT Setup Status list where you can select a connection to the MEM entity or HMRC group that you want. Only the MEM HMRC groups that have at least one entity to which you have access to can be selected.

The MEM HMRC Group has been added to the following pages: 

  • VAT Return Periods (including Get VAT Return Periods, Create VAT Return and other pages related to VAT return periods)
    • VAT Returns (including any Process action and other pages related to VAT returns)
    • VAT Report Request Page (when using the Process > Suggested Lines action)
  • VAT Liabilities (including Get VAT Liabilities and other pages related to VAT liabilities)
  • VAT Payments (including Get VAT Payments and other pages related to VAT payments)

For more information about VAT return periods, see the Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central documentation: