Hi Pieter

Sage 200 Evolution allows one of two ways to set up a company with regard to when VAT needs to be paid to SARS. 
Invoiced-based or Payments-based.

I assume your Evolution company is running on the Invoices based setup, correct?

Kind Regards

Bennie 

Bennie

Yes we are on the Invoice based setup.

According to the VAT act you are only allowed to claim the input tax on imports when the VAT has been paid to SARS and thus we need to wait for the Payment schedule from our freight forwarder. We have a case now where we received the schedule for February to April only this month from the clearing agent.

We cannot delay processing the invoice as we have terms not to incur finance charges on the VAT paid to SARS and thus pay them before they pay SARS.

I tried to do adjustments on the VAT but it keeps being included in the report and thus we have to resort to manual calculation of the VAT due.

I would like to be able to use the Tax Box Submission report but the customs VAT amounts do not tie up with the Payment schedules we have.

Is there a way to have the Customs VAT only included once we have the payment schedule. I do not want to incur penalties from SARS if we get audited by claiming the VAT in the period processed.

Hi Pieter 

Can I please request that you send me a private chat in Sage City? Then we can further continue in there 

I would want to engage a little bit further before I make a final decision/ provide final advice on this matter.