Peter According to the website there is no requirement that all of the functions can be done from inside a single program. E.g. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/vat-notice-70022-making-tax-digital-for-vat/vat-notice-70022-making-tax-digital-for-vat#para-3-2
"HMRC expects that there will be software products available that will perform all of the functions listed above. Some software programs will not be able to perform all of these functions by themselves. For example, a spreadsheet or other software product that is capable of recording and preserving digital records may not be able to perform the other 2 functions listed above, but can still be a component of functional compatible software if it is used in conjunction with one or more programs that do perform those functions." The paragraph following that on Digital Links is also instructive in that cut and paste is not permitted. Since CSV and or XML links are valid i.e. export of an XML or CSV file with the required data from GnuCash to a program which implements the API and can import the XML file and communicate with HMRC is likely to be the simplest route. The problem is of course that neither the XML or CSV export of the required tax data exists. If there is an existing linking program capable of importing XML/CSV data and communicating it to HMRC, then it would be an obvious choice to target and create XML/CSV output for to match its input requirements. The obvious candidate to start from would be the existing Tax Reports and create an XML file as a secondary output from the creation of the Tax Report and have it selectable in the tax report options. The current tax report does have an export in txf format which may also be importable into a suitable linking program if that is available For GnuCash to do this requires someone with the development expertise and an interest in the problem, i.e. most likely a user with development expertise who lives in the UK since this requirement is unique to HMRC and the UK. The ATO in Australia allows us to cut and paste data into a web portal on their site in addition to uploading data from business enabled software directly. Some of the digital recording requirements would appear to be met by the ability to associate scanned copies of external records (invoice/bills/receipts etc) with specific transactions in GnuCash however there may be problems associated with the storage location of such files not being in the GnuCash data file itself. It may be sufficient to have a directory containing the images in a subdirectory of the directory containing the data file. David Cousens ----- David Cousens -- Sent from: http://gnucash.1415818.n4.nabble.com/GnuCash-User-f1415819.html _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
