1st VAT return will not submit to HMRC

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OK. Clicking around trying desperately to repeat your steps to check everything as you do…

I clicked on the “Connect a new Tax account” for a second time; see

HMRC Tax Accounts - MTD Returns

Please Note: You must first independently enrol your business for Making Tax Digital before proceeding with these steps. You can enrol for MTD within your HMRC Business Tax Account. With the roll-out of HMRC’s Making Tax Digital (MTD) Service, there’s now a new way to connect your QuickFile account to HMRC so that you can file your MTD tax information. From the top menu, select “Reports” followed by “HMRC”. You should then see a button “Connect a new Tax Account”, go ahead and click th…

I thus had two entries for the same account; one (semi) worked and the other error’ed out. Deleted the error connection and can now submit a VAT return.

Obviously some failure at the HMRC end to connect the accounts.