> On Aug 17, 2017, at 2:47 PM, Mike Evans <mi...@saxicola.co.uk> wrote: > > I just received this from HMRC. > > Begin forwarded message: > > Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 10:46:57 +0000 > From: <sdst...@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk> > To: <sdst...@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk> > Subject: VAT Call for Software developers > > > Dear All, > > I writing to tell you about a conference call that has been arranged for > 11:00am on 05 September 2017. > > You may be aware that the Government has proposed that businesses with a > turnover above the VAT threshold (currently £85,000) will be mandated to keep > digital records and submit data to HMRC through its secure API platform > service. The changes will take place from April 2019 for VAT. > > Current plans are to make the APIs available for private beta test in October > 2017 and we want to advise interested software vendors about our thinking as > well as provide them with an early opportunity to raise any issues or > questions. It will of course also help us identify if your company is > considering developing or enhancing a VAT product to support the proposals. > We can then arrange to work with you going forward, providing the usual > technical assistance and other support needed to prepare for the pilot, from > April 18 and in readiness for the changes being mandated from April 2019. > > * Only businesses with a turnover above the VAT threshold will have to > keep digital records and only for VAT purposes. They will only need to do so > from 2019. > * Other businesses will be able to file digitally on a voluntary basis for > both VAT and Income Tax and NICs > > Our current development schedule is as follows > > 1. October 2017 - private beta (API testing) with interested software > vendors > 2. April 2018 - public beta (pilot) data submission for VAT purposes (MVP > to include unincorporated businesses); we will be inviting business > volunteers throughout the year, anticipating that early adopters will already > be using software and therefore likely to already be your customers. These > will include both Tax Agents, their clients as well as unrepresented VAT > businesses. > 3. From April 2019 - data submission for VAT purposes (that is all > VAT-registered businesses whether the business is unincorporated or not); > Mandated for VAT registered businesses with a turnover above the VAT > threshold, but all VAT registered businesses can use the service. > > Please let me know if you intend to join the call so I can make the necessary > arrangements. Please send your reply to this email no later than 17:00 on > 24th August 2017. > > > Kind Regards > > Dennis Dawkins |Senior Delivery Operations Lead| HMRC CDIO Digital - Software > Developers Collaboration - Software Developers Support Team (SDST) | 2nd > Floor, Accounts Office Shipley, Victoria Street, Shipley BD98 8AA > > The information in this e-mail and any attachments is confidential and may be > subject to legal professional privilege. Unless you are the intended > recipient or his/her representative you are not authorised to, and must not, > read, copy, distribute, use or retain this message or any part of it. If you > are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately. > > HM Revenue & Customs computer systems will be monitored and communications > carried on them recorded, to secure the effective operation of the system and > for lawful purposes. > > The Commissioners for HM Revenue and Customs are not liable for any personal > views of the sender.
Mike, Can you attend the conference call and raise the issue about per-application secret keys that we've discussed here? I'd do it but I'll be back in California by then and I'm seldom compos mentis at 3AM. Regards, John Ralls _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel
