Hi All I have reviewed one of pre-gnucash accounting software which I tried 10-15 years ago. VT Cashbook is free, uses double-entry internally, and is a good solution for UK-based small traders who do not need accruals.
http://www.vtsoftware.co.uk/mtd/index.htm A VAT return using sample data (sales = 300 + 20 VAT; purchases = 150+30 VAT) produces the following snippet. [image: image.png] So, gnucash may be used to store data, and the "Income&GST Statement" report to produce numbers, which are then sent to tax office by the bridging software. A small list of such software is maintained in the link above. These numbers can be produced using "Income & GST Statement" as long as the accounts are set up correctly. That's all it takes for the technical aspects to work. Chris On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 16:52, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be> wrote: > Op dinsdag 20 november 2018 00:30:55 CET schreef Graham Leggett: > > Hi all, > > > > I just learned with some shock that the UK wants to force SMEs to submit > VAT > > returns “via external software packages” by 1 April 2019, and presents a > > list of some 150 packages to choose from. If you’re lucky enough to > already > > be using one of those packages, great. If you’re not, you’re facing some > > disruption. > > > > Gnucash is not on the list (that I could see). > > > > We are not in a position to re-engineer our accounts, but we are in a > > position to submit patches to Gnucash. > > > > This email is exploratory - is anyone on the gnucash dev list interested > in > > the UK “Making Tax Digital” initiative, with the aim of getting Gnucash > “on > > the list” of approved software? Has anyone done any work in this area? > > > > I am still looking for concrete information on the protocols being used, > if > > anyone has information on that it would be useful too. > > Hi Graham, > > The topic has come up a few times in the past. But as far as I know noone > is > currently working on this. > > You are certainly welcome to send in patches. However I seem to remember > from > past discussions GnuCash stands a very small chance of getting accepted as > it's sources are freely available. That means everybody could build their > own > version of gnucash with possibly important details altered. And it's not > clear > how to handle this or whether the government will accept this. > > So perhaps the first step is to figure out whether the effort is worth > pursuing by researching the restrictions. > > If it turns out there is a practical way to support UK's digital VAT > system > from within GnuCash I'll gladly accept good patches to implement them on > condition the author is also willing to support this feature long-term. > > Best of luck, > > Geert > > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel >
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