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Turning off Unrealised VAT

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Has anyone got any experience of turning off unrealised VAT and how to handle unpaid open invoices?
 
We've set up the functionality and are happy with how it is transacting, however, the limit will soon be reached where it needs to be turned off and normal accrual VAT will be used. I know how to turn the functionality off but when testing this it no longer realises the VAT from older open invoices that have Unrealised VAT against them.
 
I was hoping that when turned off it might still recognise the unrealised VAT on those outstanding invoices when they were paid. I'm not sure how to handle the outstanding invoices and their unrealised VAT. I was hoping there would be a function or a report to allow you to recognise the VAT once switched over but I can't see anything.
 
Any help gratefully received.
 
PS I am the partner with 20+ years experience but never experienced this scenario before and hoping someone else has.
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    OussamaSabbouh Profile Picture
    12,803 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hello,
     
    Once you turn Unrealised VAT off, Business Central won’t automatically realise VAT on older open invoices anymore. Anything still marked as unrealised must be manually realised before switching — either through VAT adjustment journals or by running VAT adjustment routines depending on your setup.
     
    After the switch, BC treats everything as normal accrual VAT, so it won’t “catch up” older invoices for you.
     
    Regards,
    Oussama Sabbouh
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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    99,055 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    This is indeed a problem; you can submit this idea to Microsoft.
    Missing a feature? Post or vote for ideas on: aka.ms/BCIdeas
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU
  • Stuart Hardman Profile Picture
    53 on at
    Hi Yun Zhu, i've got quite a few ideas up there already so i'll add another one to the list to wait 4 or 5 years for them to consider doing anything about it ;)
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    Jainam M. Kothari Profile Picture
    15,732 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
  • Stuart Hardman Profile Picture
    53 on at
    I've got it set up and working, the issue is turning it off in a clean manner.

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