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VAT rate change for hospitality and tourism sector

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Summary

Revert VAT rate for hospitality back to Standard 20% in Accounting Start.

Resolution

About the changes

The UK VAT rate on hospitality, holiday accommodation and attractions is changing back to the Standard (STD) 20% VAT rate from the 1st of April 2022.

Transactions, where you have been using the 12.5% rate, will now be at the Std rate of 20%. VAT.

For detailed information about what's included, see the Government support page on VAT-reduced rates for hospitality, holiday accommodation and attractions.

What do I need to check?

Here is a list of all the different areas and transactions that you may need to update. If you think an area applies to your business, select below for more information.

Categories: Update any categories that use a default VAT rate of Lower Rate 2 12.5% to Standard 20%.

Recurring payments and receipts: If you have set up recurring Payments or Receipts that use the 12.5% rate, you must change them before they next recur on, or after, the 1st of April 2022.

Bank feeds and bank statement imports: Update your bank rules and make sure any bank transactions from bank feeds or bank statement imports that relate to hospitality, holiday accommodation and attractions, use the Standard 20% rate. Do this the first time you import transactions from a bank feed or bank statement after the 1st of April 2022.

Copying invoices and credit notes: If you have copied existing transactions that use the 12.5% rate, change the VAT rate applied before saving the invoice.

Flat Rate VAT: If you use Flat Rate VAT, the percentages you apply may change part-way through the VAT period. Check for any changes when you calculate VAT payments after the rate change.

Future-dated transactions: Check for transactions dated after the 1st of April 2022 that use the 12.5% rate and update them to use the 20% VAT rate.

Future-dated transactions

If you've entered a transaction that's dated after the 1st of April 2022, and it relates to hospitality, holiday accommodation and attractions, you may need to change the VAT rate to Standard 20%.

The quickest way to see future-dated transactions is to run the Category Activity report.

  1. From Reports, select More.
  2. Select Category Activity.
  3. For the Period choose Custom.
  4. Change the From date to 01/04/2022.
  5. Change the To date to 31/03/2023.
  6. Click Calculate.
     TIP: If you have no values in the Total Debits this period and Total Credits this period columns then you have no future dated transactions. 

  7. Select Export Detailed.
  8. Confirm you want to Export All Accounts.
  9. To save or print the report, from the Export menu, and then select CSV or PDF.

The report is ready when a notification displays on the main navigation bar, to the left of Profile. Select the notification bell to open the report.Image

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