Box 6, Out Of Scope Sales,

I’m having some trouble with my VAT return. In the last quarter, I had no purchases and all my sales were outside the scope of VAT. Hence, my pre-filled return is all zeroes. However, out-of-scope sales should be included in box 6:

3.7 Filling in box 6

Box 6 total value of sales and all other outputs excluding any VAT

Show the total value of all your business sales and other specific outputs but leave out any VAT. >Some examples are:

[…]

As such, I’ve calculated what my out-of-scope sales and put them in Box 6. However, when I try to submit, I get this error:

We’re having a problem preparing your VAT Return

Error: Under the Making Tax Digital rules VAT returns should be supported by accounting records. This VAT return appears to consist only of adjustments and cannot be submitted to HMRC. If you prefer to submit your return from an Excel document then please use the VAT bridging module instead.

Presumably because the only non-zero box is the one I edited. Any advice on the best way to proceed? I could change them from out-of-scope to just zero-rated, and explain in the Box 6 notes what happened, but I’d prefer not to if possible. Thank you!

Hello @mikewasson

The below articles may help as it explains how each box is calculated.

https://support.quickfile.co.uk/t/vat-rates-explained/8928

https://support.quickfile.co.uk/t/vat-options-explained/40202

Thank you, Steve. So “Out of Scope” for sales doesn’t actually line up with HMRC’s usage of “Out of Scope,” at least with respect to VAT returns, since out of scope sales are meant to be included on Box 6. That doesn’t seem ideal but I’ll keep it in mind.

I’ll just change them to zero-rated but not out of scope. Thanks again.

This topic was automatically closed 14 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.