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VIES Return (ROI only)

If you are registered for VAT and supply goods and services to customers in the EC, you need to submit a VAT Information Exchange System (VIES) Return to the Irish Tax and Customs.

In the case of a multi-company environment, a VIES Return must be submitted for each company within the group.

The VIES is used in the Republic of Ireland to ensure that VAT has been correctly accounted for on the sale of goods and services within the EC.

Transactions are reported in the VIES Return when:

• The sale has been made to VAT registered customers in other EC member states. This means they must have a valid VAT number and EC country code in their customer record.

• The sale has been posted using an appropriate tax code:

  • The sale of goods to VAT registered customers in the EC, by default this is T4.
  • The sale of services to VAT registered customers, by default this is T22.

For detailed information about the VIES, including how often you need to submit the report, see the Revenue website.

1. From the Period Ref drop-down list, select the reporting month or quarter.

2. In the From and To boxes, enter the date range for the return> Calculate.

3. The VIES Return window shows the following:

   Country Code	The Country Code from the customer record.
   Customer's VAT Registration No	The VAT Registration number from the customer record.
   Value of supplies of goods (to nearest Euro)	The total value of invoiced goods or services, less any credit notes that have been posted using one of the following tax codes: The sale of goods to VAT registered customers, by default this is T4. The sale of services to VAT registered customers, by default this is T22. To mark any of these values for triangulation, click the arrow > Triangulation > Save. Find out more
   Flag	This indicates transactions where triangulation has occurred. No Flag = Business to business transaction for goods T = Triangulation transaction S = Business to business transaction for services

   Note: Transactions are grouped by a customer's VAT registration number. This means that if you have two customers that are owned by the same parent company, and therefore, have the same VAT registration number, their transactions are grouped together in the list as a single entry.

4. Save > to open the location of the file > Yes.

   Your VIES Return saves as an Irish Revenue VIES Return XML file, ready to upload to the ROS website. You can find it in your VIES sub-folder:

   Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista:

   C:\ProgramData\Sage\Accounts\2014\Company.000\VIES Archives\<year>

   Windows XP:

   C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Sage\Accounts\2014\Company.000\VIES Archives\<year>\VIES