VAT Opening balance

[Headstart IT]

I am a UK user and we moved to Quickbooks Pro 2012 from MYOB in February this year. I have filed my first VAT return which was for January to March 2012 and Quickbooks has picked up the correct amount of VAT due on sales that were made in February and March 2012. The problem is that I need to add the VAT due from sales that were made in January 2012, can anyone offer any advice
Thanks

[hartford]

Hi

This is a question that affects several areas of your accounting system, its not just a Quickbooks & VAT question.

Also there is more than one solution so its deciding on the best (probably the least worst) one to use after the event.

A few questions first:-

1) What is your financial year end

2) What types of opening balances did you enter in Quickbooks, i.e. detailed customer & supplier balances and nominal ledger balances.

3) Apart from VAT on January sales do you have any VAT on costs etc you need to claim for this month?

4) You must have already filed the Mar-12 Return so are you in a position where you need to include the missing Jan-12 sales in your current Return?

[Headstart IT]

Hi Hartford,
Thanks for your reply.
I thought it may be something not straight forward.
To answer to your questions:
1) Financial year end is 05 April (I haven't closed the financial year in Quickbooks yet).
2) When we first moved to QuickBooks in February I've entered opening balances for Assets, Liability (but didn't enter VAT liability) and Capital accounts, clients oustanding invoices, and money owed to suppliers.
3) For January 2012 I have VAT due on sales and VAT to claim on purchases as well.
4) I have filled in and paid March 12 VAT return, and at that time enetered a Journal entry for the payment. Is only now that I'm doing the June 12 VAT Return that I've realised with QuickBooks I have to File VAT return and this will transfer the balance of VAT due in HMRC VAT as supplier where it can than be paid (I didn't have to do this with MYOB and I'm new to Quickbooks).
So at the moment I have deleted the original journal entry for the payment of Jan/Feb and March VAT due, but in the HMRC supplier I only have an outstanding amount of VAT due for Feb and March and I don't know how to enter the VAT due for Jan as opening balance for HMRC supplier.
I hope this makes sense.
Regards