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When should something not be included in the vAT declaration?

BM
10/10/2022
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Good afternoon, Perhaps a strange question, but when entering expenses, in step 2 I have to indicate whether or not I want to include the expense in the vAT declaration.The explanation for this is: Not including it in the quarterly vAT declaration means that these costs will not be included in a vAT declaration. This can be useful if you have already completed the vAT declaration for a particular quarter and submitted it to the vAT authorities, but you still want to see a particular cost in the previous quarter. In this case, you will not recover the deductible vAT on these purchases, but the professional expenses will still be included in your accounts.

It is not very clear to me when to include something in the vAT declaration and when not to. For example, I saw in one of the videos that social security contributions are not included in the return.

Can I find more information somewhere about when an expense or which expenses should not be included in the vAT declaration? E.g. expenses without VAT?

Thank you in advance for your help.

How I interpret it:

For example, you have already submitted your vAT declaration for Q3/2022 and are still waiting for an invoice from September. No problem, you simply enter it with a fiscal date in October and it will be included in the Q4 vAT declaration. The cost is still in 2022.But suppose the same thing happened with Q4/2022. You have already submitted your vAT declaration in January and then receive an invoice from December. Or you only find it back somewhere then, which is also possible, of course. You enter it, the vAT declaration has already been submitted, but you want to include that cost in 2022. You could then say, I'll open the quarter back, I book that cost in for December 2022, but without including it in the vAT declaration, because that has already been submitted. But this is really very exceptional, I don't think it will happen very often. Feedback is always welcome :)

Thank you for your answer. So, am I correct in acknowledging that you will only NOT include something in the return if:

  • the quarterly return has already been submitted and you are submitting this late for that quarter</

    For example, I have entered other expenses without VAT (and not recoverable), but I do indicate that they should be included in the vAT declaration?

    Thanks for your help in any case!

  • quarterly return has already been submitted and you submit this late for that quarter

But suppose you received a purchase invoice late for quarter 3 and your vAT declaration for quarter 3 has already been submitted. No problem! Just include that invoice in the vAT declaration from quarter 4 and you can simply reclaim the vAT, no problem.

It's only if you really want to book that purchase invoice in other year and the vAT declaration for all those quarters have already been filed.

Then I would advise "do not use on vAT declaration".

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