Mapping your VAT accounts to the VAT return
The account mappings configuration is available from the Books page. Click the link icon or select Edit mapping from the 3-dots menu. The mapping screen shows the 9 VAT boxes, along with the account lines from your accounting books.
Each of the VAT boxes is mapped to a set of accounts from your accounting books. Clicking on a line allows you to see all your account lines, marked up according to which accounts are selected for inclusion in this calculation:
Note that each account entry can be in one of three states:
- Unselected, marked up as not included. This means the account line is not included in the calculation.
- Selected blue, marked up as added. This means the account line is added from the calculation.
- Selected red, marked up as reversed. This means the account line is deducted from the calculation.
In almost all cases, added is the correct answer. To be certain, compare the VAT Box with the type of account you are mapping.
Boxes
Added
Reversed
Box 1: Output Sales
Expense, Equity, Income
Asset, Liability
Box 2: VAT Output Acquisitions
Expense, Equity, Income
Asset, Liability
Box 4: VAT Input
Expense, Equity, Income
Asset, Liability
Box 6: Total sales VATEX
Asset, Liability
Expense, Equity, Income
Box 7: Total purchases VATEX
Asset, Liability
Expense, Equity, Income
Box 8: Total goods supplied VATEX
Asset, Liability
Expense, Equity, Income
Box 9: Total acquisisions VATEX
Asset, Liability
Expense, Equity, Income