Separation between Sales Tax/VAT/GST lock date and accounting period lock date.
Separation between Sales Tax/VAT/GST lock date and accounting period lock date.
It would save a significant amount of time if VAT periods in Xero could have a separate lock date than the accounting period lock date. For instance, an invoice/bank transaction is still outstanding when filing a VAT return, and the VAT return date could be locked so once this outstanding transaction is completed at a later date, it would automatically appear on the next VAT return. This should be separated from the accounting period lock dates, as you still want to account for that transaction in it's relevant period, without it influencing the Sales Tax/VAT Report that has already bene filed. Currently accountants need to run this review manually to ensure no transactions are missed or accounted for twice when filing a return.
