On Saturday, 4 August 2018 06:46:25 BST Maf. King wrote: > On Friday, 3 August 2018 17:17:46 BST Mike Evans wrote: > > On Mon, 30 Jul 2018 14:10:46 +0100 > > > > Alain D D Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is the UK government's edict any business with a turnover of more > > > than > > > £85k/year will *need* to use accounting software and use that to submit > > > tax > > > returns - from April 2019 (& all above £10k from April 2020). > > > > > > https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hmrc-publishes-more-information-on-ma > > > ki > > > ng-tax-digital > > > > > > This was discussed here some time ago, but was inconclusive. > > > > This was discussed briefly on the devel list but judging by the lack of > > response I guess that there are very few UK users that are affected. > > > > Inserting this into the GnuCash code I think is unrealistic for the > > apparently few users and specific use-case. One could, I suppose, use a > > Python to extract the relevant data and interact with the HMRC API as a > > separate application that has access to the GnuCash data book. I imagine > > extracting the required data should be (relatively) easy, and (simply) > > interfacing with HMRC is all that's required from there. > > > > I signed up as a developer and have written some python that gets through > > the oauth2 part. I'm now trying to interface with the "Individual Tax" > > API. > > Just getting various errors at the moment but that's better than > > yesterday. > > > > I've no idea yet as to what data is required to push to the API, I can't > > > > find any relevant info. > > > > This should be on the devel list perhaps. > > > > Mike E > > It will affect me, but I'm not in a position to do much about it or work on > a solution, and am certainly not on the -devel list. I need to talk to my > accountant later in the year about this. My VAT affairs are pretty > straightforward and I've always done my own returns. I might have to move > the business books away from GC if there is no alternative. > > it does seem to me from reading the link provided in the OP that a GC report > or two feeding into a spreadsheet containing the "api magic" HMRC talk > about might be a way forward. GC doesn't have to directly submit the > return to HMRC, if I understood the notes properly. > > Maf.
Should have said too: will help with testing a GC solution, if there is one under development.... Maf. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list [email protected] To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
