Fedex invoice

[Magicbean]

Apologies if this is answered elsewhere but I haven’t found it. I did find this (C79: Import VAT / Import Duty / Handling Fees - #2 by Joe) but it’s not the same as it applies to import duty, not import VAT.

Anyway, I paid a Canadian company to make some metalwork. It qualified for ‘free’ shipping to the UK - that invoice is paid £261.04.

I now have an invoice from Fedex for:

I have paid Fedex the £54.95

So how do I tag the separate invoices from the Supplier and Fedex?
The ‘original VAT’ isn’t 20% of the £261.04 (that would be £52.21 not £42.27).

I don’t have a C79 yet - it will turn up a few months after my VAT return has to be submitted (or it usually does, anyway).

I should add that my aim is to reclaim the import VAT that I paid to Fedex - I don’ t know what to do about the ‘disbursement fee’ which appears to be their fee for the customs clearance (I think)?

Many thanks.

[Magicbean]

Actually, maybe that original link did have the correct procedure in it - I used Import VAT instead of Import Duty - like this:

Does this look correct?
And what do I do about the fact that the ‘Orignal VAT’ isn’t 20% of the original order?

[Magicbean]

OK Still unclear - I have prepared my quarterly VAT return. Despite the fact that I have prepared the receipt and tagged it like this:

When I download the CSV file of the figures for the VAR return, the box 4 and box 7 figures for Fedex VAT are zero. Actually I paid Fedex £54.95 of which £42.27 is VAT. Is this a bug?

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Thanks

[QFSteve]

Hello @Magicbean

I can see from your screenshots the receipt data is the 06/05/22 and the Invoice date is 20/04/2022.

Are you on cash accounting? and are you trying to to prepare the return up to 30 Apr 2022 , if so the return will not be affected until 1 May 2022 - 31 Jul 2022 return as this is when the payment date falls.

[Magicbean]

Hi @QFSteve,

Sorry - you’re absolutely right - I forgot to change the date on the receipt.

Hangs head in embarrassment

Thank you very much for pointing that out!