How do I prepare the VAT return?

The system does not ask you to compute the tax by hand; it gathers it from the invoices and purchases recorded in the period. Your job is to review the figures before filing.

Steps

1. Open Accounting → Reports → VAT return — Figure 1.
2. Set the from and to dates to match the tax period (usually a quarter), then press search.
3. The report shows three figures: output tax (from your sales), input tax (from your purchases), and the net tax due, which is the difference.
4. Under each figure is a table of the invoices that produced it — invoice number, customer, taxable base, and tax amount. Review it line by line.
5. Press Export CSV or Print to attach with the return or keep in your files.
6. After paying, open Fee and tax settlement — Figure 2 — and record the amount paid so the tax balance closes in the books.

What to check before filing

• That every invoice in the period is approved; a draft does not enter the return.
• That the tax rate is right on exempt and non-exempt items.
• That supplier bills carry their tax numbers; tax on a bill without one is not deductible.
• That returns and credit notes are recorded in the same period; they reduce the output tax.

Notes

• The report mirrors what you entered; if a figure looks wrong, the fault is in an invoice, not in the report.
• Keep a printed copy of every return with its payment receipt in the electronic archive folder.
• Do not close the accounting period before the return is approved; you may still need to amend an invoice.