VAT

Choosing VAT codes, reverse charge, partial exemption and charity VAT for UK and Irish organisations.

  • Choosing the Right VAT Code: UK Businesses

    How to pick VAT codes for UK businesses on the 2026 codes: reading a code, everyday codes, common miscodings, extra code groups and correcting VAT.

  • Reverse Charge VAT: Irish Businesses

    How reverse charge VAT in Ireland works in Aedon: codes for EU and non-EU services, EU goods, postponed accounting and RCT construction services.

  • Choosing the Right VAT Code: Irish Businesses

    How to pick VAT codes for Irish businesses on the 2026 codes: 23%, 13.5%, 9% and 0% codes, common miscodings, extra code groups and corrections.

  • Apportionment and Recovery Percentages: Irish Businesses

    VAT apportionment for Irish businesses with exempt income: codes for shared costs, the turnover method recovery percentage and the annual review.

  • Partial Exemption and Recovery Percentages: UK Businesses

    Partial exemption for UK businesses: VAT codes for exempt and shared costs, the standard method recovery percentage, de minimis and annual adjustment.

  • Moving to the 2026 VAT Codes

    What the 2026 VAT codes mean for existing Aedon customers, how to ask to move, and how each current UK and Irish VAT code maps to its 2026 code.

  • VAT Code Onboarding Questionnaire: UK Businesses

    The VAT onboarding questionnaire for UK businesses that decides which 2026 VAT code groups are switched on, with Flat Rate and partial exemption set-up.

  • VAT Code Onboarding Questionnaire: Irish Businesses

    The VAT onboarding questionnaire for Irish businesses that decides which 2026 VAT code groups are switched on, with apportionment and RCT set-up.

  • VAT Code Onboarding Questionnaire: Irish Charities

    The VAT onboarding questionnaire for Irish charities that decides which 2026 VAT codes are switched on, including the Charities VAT Compensation Scheme.

  • VAT Code Onboarding Questionnaire: UK Charities

    The VAT onboarding questionnaire for UK charities that decides which 2026 VAT code groups are switched on, including non-business and partial exemption.

  • Choosing the Right VAT Code: UK Charities

    How to pick VAT codes for UK charities on the 2026 codes: donations and Gift Aid, free activities, shared overheads, common miscodings and corrections.

  • Partial Exemption and Recovery Percentages: UK Charities

    Partial exemption for charities in the UK: non-business and exempt costs, business and recovery percentages, the combined method and de minimis.

  • Apportionment and Recovery Percentages: Irish Charities

    VAT apportionment for Irish charities: business and recovery percentages on shared costs, the annual review, and how it links to the Compensation Scheme.

  • The Charities VAT Compensation Scheme: Irish Charities

    The Charities VAT Compensation Scheme for Irish charities: who can claim, how the claim is worked out, qualifying income, dates and how Aedon helps.

  • Reverse Charge VAT: UK Businesses

    Reverse charge VAT for UK businesses: which code to use for services from overseas, postponed import VAT and the construction reverse charge.

  • The VAT Flat Rate Scheme: UK Businesses

    How the VAT Flat Rate Scheme works for UK businesses in Aedon: who can join, your flat rate percentage, the codes to use and what goes into turnover.

  • The VAT Flat Rate Scheme: UK Charities

    Is the Flat Rate Scheme for charities right for you? Who can join, the limited cost rate, the codes to use and what goes into flat rate turnover.

  • Default Product Tax Codes

    Set default tax codes on a product in Aedon.Accounting for sales and purchases and each tax treatment, so invoices pick up the right VAT code.

  • HMRC VAT Authorisation

    Authorise Aedon.Accounting with HMRC for Making Tax Digital for VAT, so you can submit VAT returns and see your obligations straight from Aedon.

  • Submitting Your VAT Return

    Create, check, finalise and submit your VAT return to HMRC under Making Tax Digital from Aedon.Accounting, in four clear stages.

  • Creating New Tax Codes

    Create a new tax code in Aedon.Accounting when the standard VAT codes don't cover a transaction, after checking with your accountant.

  • Viewing Your Submitted Returns

    View the VAT returns you have submitted to HMRC from Aedon.Accounting, download each receipt, and check your VAT liabilities and payments.

  • Creating Tax Periods

    Create tax periods for your VAT returns in Aedon.Accounting: quarterly, monthly or yearly periods for each company, in line with HMRC.

  • UK VAT Codes (Tax Codes)

    How UK VAT codes work in Aedon.Accounting: the rate, the VAT return boxes each code feeds and what every field on a tax code does.