This article explores VAT payment within Insight Legal. 

Once you have submitted your VAT Return for the quarter, and wish to record the payment of the VAT amount due to HMRC within Insight Legal. This posting reduces the VAT Liability and posts the bank transaction to reconcile with your physical bank account.

1. Go to Accounts > VAT.

2. This section is where you would record the actual date the money for the VAT Return was taken/deposited into your bank account
3. Enter the reference and description for identification purposes
4. Select the Branch, Bank, and Amount. 
5. If the funds were taken from your bank, then the posting required would be a Debit; however, if it is a VAT refund, the posting type would be a Credit. 

6. Once all the relevant information has been entered, click Post.
7. In this screen, you can also look at your inputs, outputs, and payments for certain date ranges, by ticking the relevant boxes, inputting the date range required and branch, then clicking List Entries.