The Ledger · Issue 07 · 7 min
The quarter that files itself
Q3 closes with the VAT return due on the 28th. What to reconcile in the fortnight before, in the order that actually saves time.
- Working paper
- A fortnight-out reconciliation order that front-loads the slow checks
- Mechanism
- Why a closed period should refuse an entry rather than warn about it
- Field note
- Drafts are excluded from output VAT until issued — and why that trips people up
- One number
- 109 hours: the median gap between a return being ready and being filed