VAT Widget - incorrect error between accounting periods
When you're between (or at the start of) VAT accounting periods and the following are both true:
- The previous period MTD submission has been submitted to HMRC
- There are no transactions on the current period
The VAT widget on the homepage displays a generic system error. This I feel is incorrect and confusing. This error suggests the widget could not retrieve the relevant VAT information. In actual fact, there is information there - it's just empty. (For the technically minded it's the difference between an empty set versus no set being there.)
It would be better for the different scenarios and error conditions to be understood by the widget and accurate information presented. In the scenario noted above, it should still display the title and allow that title to be clicked to go into the VAT returns screens - as it does when the period has at least 1 transaction.
Andrew G
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