MTD Vat Return Authority

Question

Why do I have to grant authority for sage to interact with HMRC every time I submit a Vat return. According to the software the authority last for 18 months?

Ian C · Answer

There are no current plans to implement this into Sage 50 Accounts Essential, Standard or Professional. The option to retain your login details is only available for Sage 50 Client Manager. Ian

Ian C · Answer

Thank you for your feedback Patrick, that's certainly something you can put forward on the ideas board > for future software development. 
 The definition of compliant software from HMRC is as follows: 
 Functional compatible software means a software program, or set of software programs, products or applications (apps) that can: 
 
 record and store digital records 
 provide HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) with information and VAT returns from the data held in those digital records 
 receive information from HMRC

Sage 50 Accounts meets those requirements and will always change to stay up to date with compliance. The client manager variant would require you (as an accountant practice) to register as an agent with HMRC in order to use it. 
 This then lets you submit on behalf of your clients. You&rsquo;d also need to register as an accountant with Sage. 
 I can appreciative why the addition of storing details would be useful so would recommend logging it as an idea for consideration. 
 Kind regards, 
 Ian

Ian C · Answer

I can understand typing log in details can be frustrating. 
 We don&rsquo;t currently have any plans to change this area, the information previously provided remains the same. 
 Our client manager variant of Sage 50 Accounts supports the ability to store login credentials of an accountants practice, to allow them to submit multiple clients without the need to re-enter credentials. 
 Those using Essentials, Standard or Professional will need to re-enter them each time a submission is made. 
 I may have missed it but I couldn&rsquo;t find an idea logged by you when we discussed this previously, if you&rsquo;d like to suggest this as something you&rsquo;d like to see in a future version, you can do that here >> Ideas board 
 We do regularly review the ideas and make changes based on how much support ideas gain. 
 Ian

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