I am trying to set up QuickFile.
I am trying to import a list of all my purchases so that I can submit my VAT returns to HMRC. Presumably I need to create a .CSV file which I then import into QuickFile.
For this, I am thinking I need to go to:
Account Settings > Import Data > Import Purchase Invoices
However it links to this Help page: https://support.quickfile.co.uk/t/importing-sales-and-purchase-invoices/8885
…where QuickFile talks about “Purchase invoices”.
But why is the first field that they talk about called “Receipt Date” rather than “Invoice Date”?
Surely everything hinges on the Invoice Date?
TBH, I don’t even know what “Receipt Date” means!
Can I just use the Invoice Date that is listen on the “VAT Invoice” documents that my suppliers have given me after I have bought stuff?
As a newcomer to all this I find it irritating & utterly confusing when things like this are inappropriately named. It seems to me that this field should either be called “Invoice Date” or (better) it should be called “Purchase Invoice Date” - in order to distinguish it from “Sales Invoice Date”.
I mean let’s be honest, “Receipt Date” could mean the date that pretty well anything was received, whereas an Invoice Date means the date on an official Invoice document.
Receipt date would be the date on your receipt. If you buy something in tesco for example they don’t give you an invoice but rather a receipt. I wouldn’t overthink it!
Receipt date would be the date on your receipt.
TBH, I’ve NEVER understood the jargon. I have no idea what the difference between “a receipt” is compared to “an invoice”.
I thought that if my company is VAT registered, then I should ask for a “VAT Invoice” from Tesco.
Or possibly some people informally call it a “VAT Receipt”… but if so it should still consist of a piece of paper that says “INVOICE” at the top, and it should state how much VAT you paid and include the seller’s VAT details.