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Nil VAT return
Record a return with no amounts when you still have a filing duty for that period.
Having no VAT sources in a period does not automatically mean there is no filing duty. A nil return may be required when you received a filing request.
Step by step
- 1First check that the correct period and frequency are selected.
- 2Confirm that no sales, purchases, cash receipts or special VAT facts are missing.
- 3Compare the zero amounts with the external filing environment.
- 4Submit the nil return externally when required in your situation.
- 5Then record the zero position in Boekhouden. No unnecessary financial closing journal entry is created.
What is on the screen?
- Period
- Zero amounts per section
- External submission date
What happens next?
The nil return appears as a submitted position in history while the financial records remain unchanged.
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Record a VAT return
Retain exactly what was calculated and what you actually submitted externally.
Read guidance →VAT return period and frequency
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Read guidance →KOR and an incidental VAT return
Deliberately confirm an incidental period when filing is still required under KOR.
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