Change of VAT period - not synced with HMRC

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My VAT period has always been Feb, May, August, Nov and QF supports this. Now with MTD for IT, I’d like to sync up with the income tax quarters so I’m not doubling my admin. I went to HMRC website and it says I’m already Jan, April, Jul, Oct. even though that’s not how I file and never have.

Advice on what steps I need to take now?

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Hello @YankeeinBlighty

We have no control over the vat periods shown in the Reports > Vat Returns Create screen as it is read from your HMRC tax account.

If what is showing is incorrect you would need to contact HMRC.

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Thanks, and as the HMRC website is incorrect, I’ll have to find a person. Appreciate the help.

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Are you definitely sure they’re misaligned? QuickFile tends to describe VAT periods in terms of the month starting, whereas HMRC (and pretty much everybody else) refers to the month ending, so if QuickFile says your periods are starting Feb, May etc. and HMRC says ending Jan, Apr, … then both sides are saying the same thing.