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VAT Verification Settings - Possible duplicate entries

This shows transactions with a matching account reference, date, reference, nominal code, net value, tax code and VAT value and which therefore could be duplicated.

If the transactions aren't duplicates

If you are confident they have been entered correctly you can ignore this warning, click Close then check any other warnings in the Verification results summary or click Close again to continue with your VAT Return.

If the transactions are duplicates

You can either delete or reverse one of the transactions. To do this, you must close out of the VAT Return.

You can delete a transaction within File > Maintenance > Corrections.

You can reverse a transaction by posting the opposite transaction type. For full details about how to delete or reverse the transaction, please refer to Ask Sage article 14519.

Once you have deleted or reversed the transactions you must then recalculate the VAT Return to update the values.


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