QuickBooks Q&A (UK)

How do I know I am making tax digital compliant

QuickBooks Online Plus is a great fit for a lot of businesses but as a business grows, some needs go beyond what any standard plan is designed for. If any of these sound familiar, it's worth knowing what's available:You've hit the 5-user limit and you're sharing logins You're doing the same manual task every single week: chasing invoices, entering the same transactions, building the same report You want more control over who can see what once more people are in the fileThat's the gap QuickBooks Online Advanced is built for. Rather than listing every feature, here's a breakdown by the specific need each one addresses so you can jump straight to the section that matches where your business is at.1. Save Time: Automate the RepetitiveIf you're spending hours a week on tasks that could run themselves, this is your section.Workflow Automations: Set up approval sequences, overdue invoice reminders, and recurring statements once, and they run automatically from then on. No more chasing sign-of

Anyone else getting this?The Receipts module has improved of late but taken a step back today when all my purchase invoice totals have the VAT added to the GrossQBO - please fix

 July brings a mix of new ways to get more from QuickBooks and practical improvements to the tools you use every day.We've introduced new payroll plans designed to flex with different client needs, sharing the latest picture of UK small business, and improvements across banking, reconciliation, reporting and mobile, plus a closer look at what QuickBooks Online Advanced can offer growing businesses.Here’s what’s new and what it means for you.  [PAYROLL]If you manage payroll across a range of client types, there's now a plan designed to fit each of them and grow with them as their needs change. Introducing three plans designed to give you the flexibility to match the right solution to each client, and move them up as their needs evolve.What this means for youCore — ideal for director-only companies and first-time employers. Covers the essentials: automated tax and NI calculations, RTI submissions to HMRC, and pension auto-enrolment (NEST).Premium — built for growing teams. Time tracking

 Making Tax Digital for Income Tax is happening and I'm sure you’re getting used to the new quarterly update rhythm so here's the good news first, followed by what to expect once the grace period ends.The good news: no penalties yet for 2026/27 quarterly updatesThere are no penalties for missing a quarterly update deadline for the 2026 to 2027 tax year. So if you're late with your first or second update this year, you won't be penalised for it.You still need to send them. Quarterly updates are how HMRC gets the information it needs before you can submit your tax return, so falling behind now just means more catching up later.This "no penalty" grace period only applies to quarterly updates. Your tax return and payment deadlines still carry penalties as normal - more on that below.When do penalties start applying?The new penalty rules apply to you from the tax year you join MTD. If you joined from 6 April 2026, your 2025/26 tax return (due 31 January 2027) is still under the old penalty

After a month plus of the photo upload button not working, QB released an update and solved the problem. Now they have released another update and the problem is back.With the new layout on the iPhone app for posted transactions, I click on the transaction and select ‘attachments’  then’ take a photo’. The app lets me take a photo and then buffers to completion, but the photo isn't attached when it finishes buffering. Can someone please advise? I have the latest iOS on my iPhone and the latest version of the app (uk).

I have two invoices paid by card machine. The bank has taken its fee out of this so I’m trying to add that to the transaction but QBs wants me to add tax for this bank charge without providing an option to do so?? I have no idea how to get round this - the old version used to have this option more clearly.

Payroll standard is corrupt

i need to show my VAT summary all Zero rated supplies under Box 3

i need to check the version of my quickbooks.

I have refreshed the app and reconnected bank but unable to view

I need more then previous 3 months to show in the app

The new layout of inventory is truly appalling.  The previous layout was clear, easy to view all necessary information on one screen without scrolling and extremely practical.  You used to be able to clearly see what products were in what category as they were ‘sectioned’ off The new layout is absolutely terrible.  No longer clear, no longer able to easily see all the information without scrolling across the screen is totally un-user-friendly and impractical. Who at QB comes up with these ‘improvement’ ideas as the vast majority are not improvements but make simple tasks more difficult or time consuming.  Do you ever test these things with real users before implementation Please revert back to old inventory layout, it was thousands of times better!!

It only goes back so far

The service is a waste of money and the app is trash. It doesn’t load, and even when it does the interface and functionality is worse than simply making a spreadsheet of my own design. Literally a useless service that doesn’t even meet the low bar it sets itself.

Hello Community 👋I wanted to create this space where you can ask your top-of-mind QuickBooks questions and our team will help you get an answer.   Topics can include and not be limited to; Banking, Self-Assessment, Reconcile, Transactions, Tax or Reports.So, pop your question below and an expert can help you 👇      

I need to file a VAT return today and QuickBooks has become unsynced from HMRC. I tried to log back in with the usual button but when clicking it, it takes me to the home screen with an error message that says 'URL not found'

Payment details that I have saved via the desktop version on QuickBooks, used to automatically appear in my created invoices and email that would send to the customer, however now it is just blank. I have to go into the desktop and create or convert to invoice and it works fine on there but not on the mobile app. This is the android version on Google pixel by the way. Any help on fixing this appreciated Thanks Aaron

Filing date should be a valid date and lie between end date and today's date (code: "INDIRECTTAX-19702")

Why don't let me put addresses in the product

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My client has added various sales invoices and paid them off when he has received the payment. They are not showing on the MTD for ITSA submission. Turnover is zero. Invoice and payment dates are within the first quarter for MTD.

Spreadsheet Snyc is not working want to get the Catalog URL to add it to the trusted Catalog Address within excel

We've had a lot of questions about the first MTD quarterly update deadline on 7 August 2026, but that's just the start. If you're in scope for MTD for Income Tax, there's a repeating cycle of dates you'll need to keep on top of throughout the year. Here's the full picture.Your MTD for Income Tax timeline (for income over £50,000)6 April 2026 — Start date for keeping digital records 7 August 2026 — 1st quarterly update (covers 6 Apr–5 Jul) 7 November 2026 — 2nd quarterly update (covers 6 Jul–5 Oct) 31 January 2027 — Self Assessment tax return for 2025/26 (submitted the usual way) 7 February 2027 — 3rd quarterly update (covers 6 Oct–5 Jan) 7 May 2027 — 4th quarterly update (covers 6 Jan–5 Apr) 7 August 2027 — 1st quarterly update for 2027/28 tax year begins 31 January 2028 — First tax return submitted straight from MTD software (for 2026/27)A few things worth flagging:Quarterly updates ≠ your tax return. They run on their own separate schedule. You'll still do a normal Self Assessment re

how do i run a trial balance by month of March only in quickbooks desktop and not year to date. i only want the tb for the month of march only