• From: Surrey, UK
  • Registered: 01/18/2019
  • Posts: 3

Topic: Newbie questions

Hello

I am new to FrontAccounting.

1. Is it stable enough for production use?
2. I'm trying to find where I generate a VAT report so that I can submit a VAT return
3. Is there a way to mark VAT transactions that have been submitted on a return so that they don't get submitted on the next return?

4. I can see that there is no Make Tax Digital feature. If I was to get this developed, can I submit it to be added to FrontAccounts?

Thank you

  • From: Singapore, India, Chennai
  • Registered: 05/02/2009
  • Posts: 6,160

Re: Newbie questions

1. Yes. Use the Git Master for now.
2. Read the Wiki and Forum Posts and contact fellow UK users.
3. Make / or have made an extension for it if you cannot make do with standard UI.
4. Country specific features can be used through custom extensions contracted for - place offers in the Job Board.

Remember, that FA users span almost every country on the net. Any country specific features should generally be provided with suitable web links for more info so that those outside your country may also be leveraged to assist you.

Recently, there has been a surge in UK based downloads of FA and hence you are in adequate company!

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3 Reply by rcx596 (edited by rcx596 01/20/2019 09:58:22 am)

  • From: Surrey, UK
  • Registered: 01/18/2019
  • Posts: 3

Re: Newbie questions

Hi, I've taken a closer look and all I can find is a report called Tax Enquiry. So are transactions not reconciled for VAT? Example:

- I do my Q1 VAT return, run a report to calculate VAT owed, submit and pay the VAT.
- Suddenly in Q2 an old Q1 expense receipt turns up on my desk and gets logged.
- At end of Q2 I do my Q2  vat return.
- The late Q1 expense is neither in the Q1 vat return as it didn't exist at the time, nor is it in the Q2 return as it was dated Q1. The transaction is not accounted for in any VAT return.

The Sage solution that I'm used to uses reconciliation. All transactions added to a VAT returned are marked as done. When doing a future return, if there are any earlier transactions that were not picked up, they get added to the next return.

I'm very keen on using FA. I'm happy to add features if there are a few missing.

  • From: Singapore, India, Chennai
  • Registered: 05/02/2009
  • Posts: 6,160

Re: Newbie questions

Contact UK users like:

@dvarsani
@dls
@kerrsmith
@bailey86
@geoffreywalton
@londondaveuk

apmuthu's Website

  • From: Surrey, UK
  • Registered: 01/18/2019
  • Posts: 3

Re: Newbie questions

Thanks. I PM'ed them. I'll do more playing with FA this week.