Brexit checklist for Republic of Ireland trading with Northern Ireland when using Sage 50 Accounts - ROI only

The United Kingdom's (UK) withdrawal from the European Union (EU) will affect how you trade with the UK. We've pulled together a checklist for you to follow to guide you through what you need to do.

What do I need to do?

Before 1 January 2021

Check Revenue requirements > Visit www.revenue.ie/brexit to check Revenue advice on preparing your business, and information on specific rules and regulations. Apply for a Economic Operator Registration and Identification (EORI) number > Enter your EORI into your software >

Update your software > There is a new update for Sage 50 Accounts v27 which has some new tax codes to help process EU and non-EU imports and exports. To activate these new features, if you don't have Sage 50 Accounts v27.1, you must download and install now >

After 1 January 2021

Processing imports and exports after 1 January 2021 > Managing invoices spanning over 1 January 2021 > Learn how to post transactions from 1 January 2021 >

Update your country codes, UK tax codes and commodity codes in your software > Once the new update is available and installed, you need to update the country codes on Northern Ireland customers and suppliers,  tax codes on existing UK records, recurring entries and outstanding items, and if required, add commodity codes to your products. Update your NI customer and supplier country codes > Update your records > Update your recurring items > Update outstanding invoices and orders > Update your product commodity codes >

Final considerations > Remove the United Kingdon GB as a EU member in your software > VIES Return - if trading under the Northern Ireland protocol continue to include NI for goods only > Intrastat - if trading under the Northern Ireland protocol continue to include NI >

Find out more about Brexit

• Sage - Brexit Hub
• What is postponed accounting?

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