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Tax codes

Sage has a number of tax codes set up as default. You can edit any of the existing default tax codes or you can add your own. You can have up to 99 different tax codes in Sage Accounts.

Default tax codes - UKOpen this section

T0 Zero rated transactions
T1 Standard rate
T2 Exempt transactions
T4 Sales of goods to VAT registered customers in EC
T5 Lower rate
T7 Zero-rated purchases of goods from suppliers in EC
T8 Standard-rated purchases of goods from suppliers in EC
T9 Transactions not involving VAT
T20 Sales and purchases of reverse charges
T22 Sales of services to VAT registered customers in EC
T23 Zero-rated purchases of services from suppliers in EC
T24 Standard-rated purchases of services from suppliers in EC
T25 Flat rate accounting scheme, purchase and sale of individual capital items > £2,000

Default tax codes - ROIOpen this section

To create or amend a tax codeOpen this section

Select the required tax code.

Rate

Enter the required percentage. For example, to set up a 5% VAT rate, enter 5.00 in this box.

Note: If you select the EC Code check box, the Rate box is not available.

Include in VAT Return To include transactions with this tax code in the VAT Return, select this check box.
Reverse Charge To include this tax code for the sale or purchase of items that fall under the remit of carousel fraud, for example, mobile phones, select this check box. It must not be used for standard reverse charge transactions.
Flat Rate Capital Asset If you are on a Flat Rate VAT scheme and you want to use the tax code for capital assets, select this option.
Enable EC Code To flag your tax code as an EC tax code, select this check box then from the drop-down lists, choose the relevant options.
Link To

This option is only available for EC purchase tax codes.

If this tax code includes notional VAT, choose the required tax code that you want to link to. Notional VAT is calculated based on the rate of the code you link to.

Description Enter a description for the tax code.

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