This affects databases in the UK only. Background From 1st January 2021 HMRC have changed the specification of Making Tax Digital Submissions with regard to imports from outside the UK. The system update 901 described in our previous blog on Postponed VAT changes needs to be run before you make any Making Tax Digital VAT […]
Continue reading...3 March 2021
This VAT rate change affects only companies based in Ireland. UK companies are not affected. The standard rate of VAT in Ireland increases back from 21% to 23% for all invoices raised on or after the 1st of March 2021. As some tasks can be take some time to do manually, we have written a […]
Continue reading...22 February 2021
Postponed VAT changes from 1st January 2021 in the UK mean that Making Tax Digital VAT submissions have to change slightly for submissions that include the month of January 2021 and after. For imports into the UK from outside of the UK from 1st January 2021 you need to use new VAT code “IM” and […]
Continue reading...5 July 2019
For background information about Making Tax Digital (MTD) see our Simple Guide to Making Tax Digital for VAT. For information on complying with Making Tax Digital (MTD) see our Optimise Users – Complying with Making Tax Digital for VAT. Pre-requisites to submitting your VAT Returns through the Optimise program:- (1) You need to be running […]
Continue reading...5 July 2019
For background information about Making Tax Digital (MTD) see our Simple Guide to Making Tax Digital for VAT. For information on complying with Making Tax Digital (MTD) see our Optimise Users – Complying with Making Tax Digital for VAT. Before you can start to submit VAT Returns through the Optimise program you need to register […]
Continue reading...25 February 2019
For background information about Making Tax Digital (MTD) see our simple guide to Making Tax Digital for VAT. If you hold some or all your VAT return information within the Optimise System, we have set out below what you need to do to comply with HMRC’s new Making Tax Digital (MTD) for VAT legislation. Joining […]
Continue reading...25 February 2019
Given the questions many people have surrounding this we thought we should explain how it affects you and what you need to do about it. Does it affect my business? It affects all VAT Registered UK businesses with a taxable turnover above £85,000. What exactly is it? HMRC require VAT data to be digitally […]
Continue reading...13 October 2018
In response to your suggestions, we have created a new customer review program that saves you having to re-enter search criteria when enquiring on more than one customer. This is particularly useful when you are not sure which one of several similar customers you need to enquire on. To access this program, from the main […]
Continue reading...3 June 2018
Add some colour to Optimise. As an alternative to light grey, you can now change the background colour throughout the system on all programs to a different colour. This is especially useful if you have more than one database. Each database can be set up with a different colour so that, at a glance, you […]
Continue reading...3 May 2018
Sometimes it would be nice to be able to add extra lines to a sales order that has been invoiced and on history? Well, now you can. A new option “Re-Open” is now available in the Customer History screen to bring a sales order back to being a live order once again. You can’t change […]
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3 March 2021
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