VAT declarations¶

Configure your VAT declarations journal ¶

Select Configure ‣ Ledger ‣ Journals in the main menu to open the data window of your journals.
Double-click on the journal named “VAT declarations” to open its detail window. If there is no such journal, create it.
Check the following fields:
- Partner: the national tax office that will receive declarations in this journal. The difference between due and deductible VAT of every VAT declaration will be booked as a debit or credit against this partner.
- Voucher type: should be “XXX VAT declarations” (where XXX is your national VAT module)
- Account: should be “(4513) VAT declared”
- Trade type: should be “Taxes”

In the Journals table of your dashboard, click on the button behind the journal where you want to add your VAT declaration.
Alternatively, select Accounting ‣ VAT ‣ Belgian VAT declarations in the main menu and then click the button in the toolbar or hit the Insert key.
Lino opens the following insert window:

New Belgian VAT declaration

Start period: ____

End period: ____
Fill out the fields of the insert window. Leave the End period empty when it is the same as the Start period.
Hit Ctrl+S or click the Create button to submit the insert window.
Note the “Movements” panel, which says “No data to display”.
Hit Ctrl+X to register the declaration.
Note the “Movements” panel, which now shows the ledger movements booked by this declaration.
Switch to the Values tab to see the detailed for every field of your declaration.
Use your tax office’s normal procedure to introduce your declaration.

You may ask your site maintainer to install an additional national VAT modules and then have one VAT journal for every national tax office.