# VAT walkthrough videos - DIY Accounting Submit

Source: https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html

**Status of each feature.** Sandbox and preview features file nothing real. [See the availability table](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/mtd-calendar.html#availability).

Each video is a recording of DIY Accounting Submit doing one thing, start to finish. Videos marked "(sandbox)" show features recorded against HMRC's test service. They are hosted on the [DIY Accounting Submit YouTube channel](https://www.youtube.com/@DIYAccountingSubmit).

## Contents

## How to view your VAT obligations under MTD | DIY Accounting Submit

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. This video shows signing in, taking out a day pass, and asking HMRC which VAT periods are due on a VAT registration number. It's a real recording of the live product, not a mockup or a design draft. The HMRC sign-in and access step is shown in full at [How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html#hmrc-authorise). Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

[Thumbnail of the video: How to view your VAT obligations under MTD](https://youtu.be/7q3RYfGMXIQ)

## How to give VAT software access to HMRC | DIY Accounting Submit

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. Every activity that talks to HMRC starts with the step this video shows: sending the first request, signing in at HMRC and granting access, then returning to the answer. The other videos in this series skip through it and point here. It's a real recording of the live product, not a mockup or a design draft. Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

[Thumbnail of the video: How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://youtu.be/kDzLIc37HtM)

## How to submit a VAT return under MTD | DIY Accounting Submit

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. This video shows signing in, taking out a day pass, checking which VAT period is open, then filling in the nine boxes and submitting the return to HMRC. It is a real recording of the live product, sending to HMRC's sandbox, so the figures and periods are examples. The HMRC sign-in and access step is shown in full at [How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html#hmrc-authorise). Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

00:00 Home
00:03 Sign in
00:13 Day pass
00:28 Ask HMRC
01:02 Authorise with HMRC
01:17 The periods on file
01:42 Fill in the return
03:35 Authorise again
04:08 Submitted
04:37 Your record

[Thumbnail of the video: How to submit a VAT return under MTD](https://youtu.be/-MHj2K6BB9E)

## How to view a submitted VAT return | DIY Accounting Submit

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. This video shows signing in, taking out a day pass, and opening a VAT return already on file with HMRC to read back all nine boxes. The return on screen was filed earlier, off camera, with Box 6 (total sales excluding VAT) at £5,000. It's a real recording of the live product, not a mockup or a design draft. The HMRC sign-in and access step is shown in full at [How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html#hmrc-authorise). Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

[Thumbnail of the video: How to view a submitted VAT return](https://youtu.be/y-ZcXJ5_k0c)

## How to see what VAT you owe HMRC | DIY Accounting Submit

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. This video shows signing in, taking out a day pass, and asking HMRC what VAT is still outstanding on a VAT registration number. It's a real recording of the live product, not a mockup or a design draft. The HMRC sign-in and access step is shown in full at [How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html#hmrc-authorise). Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

[Thumbnail of the video: How to see what VAT you owe HMRC](https://youtu.be/hkBkeM-SGLY)

## How to see VAT payments HMRC has recorded | DIY Accounting Submit

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. This video shows signing in, taking out a day pass, and asking HMRC which VAT payments it has recorded against a VAT registration number. It's a real recording of the live product, not a mockup or a design draft. The HMRC sign-in and access step is shown in full at [How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html#hmrc-authorise). Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

[Thumbnail of the video: How to see VAT payments HMRC has recorded](https://youtu.be/0ZRGqC4YvDQ)

## How to check VAT penalty points with HMRC | DIY Accounting Submit

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. This video shows signing in, taking out a day pass, and asking HMRC whether a VAT registration number carries any penalty points. It's a real recording of the live product, not a mockup or a design draft. The HMRC sign-in and access step is shown in full at [How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html#hmrc-authorise). Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

[Thumbnail of the video: How to check VAT penalty points with HMRC](https://youtu.be/Hq6vqMpNG4g)

## How to fill in a VAT return from a book (sandbox)

DIY Accounting Submit sends VAT returns to HMRC under Making Tax Digital for 99p a month, with a free day pass to try it. This video drops a diya-gl book on the VAT return form instead of typing the figures, checks the nine boxes it fills, submits the return to HMRC's test service and shows the receipt. This is a sandbox recording against HMRC's test environment, not a live filing. The HMRC sign-in and access step is shown in full at [How to give VAT software access to HMRC](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/videos-hmrc-vat.html#hmrc-authorise). Try it yourself at [https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/](https://submit.diyaccounting.co.uk/).

[Thumbnail of the video: How to fill in a VAT return from a book (sandbox)](https://youtu.be/wSCE8uCZBOA)