Hi Maria,

Thanks for using Community Hub.

Ideally we'd need to know what you'd posted to be able to look at how it affected the VAT Return, however, you could back up your data, reverse the journal and then post again.

If you would like to increase the value in box 1 you can post a journal credit to nominal code 2200 with a tax code of T1

If you would like to decrease the value in box 1 you can post a journal debit to nominal code 2200 with a tax code of T1.

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Regards,

Andy
Sage UKI

I posted a debit journal to 2200 but it’s showing in box 4.

I’ve since spotted an article in accounting web that says you can’t decrease figures in Boxes 1 & 4 only increase the opposite box you want.

So if I want to decrease box 1 (2200) it will increase box 4 (2201) in the return, which is what it is doing.

Hi Maria, thanks for coming back.

Which boxes do you want to affect and how? That might help us to get to the simplest approach.

I was trying to decrease the Sales VAT so posted the journal expecting it to reduce box 1.  It’s actually increased box 4. 
Will the journal that sage produces post the sales journal as per what I posted or will I need to do a correction?

Hi Maria, if all you want to do is reduce Box 1 then we'd normally recommend using a credit note... 

A long story short, we’ve entered the sales invoices incorrectly, should have been a t9. It was just to get the opening balances on the customers accounts.
I journaled the sale and vat back off the nominal ledgers but the vat is showing in the wrong box.

The journal is now showing in box 4 instead of box1 even though I debited 2200 (sales vat). Will I have to correct this once I’ve reconciled and posted the vat return journal?