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Error - 'VAT Return submitted with problems'

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Note: Ensure that you choose the period range appropriate to the obligation date, and confirm the figures match up before proceeding in force-updating.


Please refer to the below to troubleshoot and resolve the error so that it does not re-occur on the next submission.
There are multiple factors that can cause this.

  • Duplicate records in the ACP user records table in the sql database

  • An incorrect licence that lacks the required modules for Access Digital Tax to update Dimensions.

  • The connect service on the server is not running with a sufficient admin account

  • The connect service may be an older version which was found to have difficultly in updating large databases

  • There is a high network traffic, low connectivity or a restricted network

  • ADT may still be syncing to Dimensions to "get the figures", however may not be correctly syncing to perform the update into Dimensions - this can be classified as a "partial incomplete synchronisation". For assistance with Syncing Dimensions to Workspace, you can refer to article Access Digital Tax: Synchronise a Dimension User to Access Workspace to use Access Digital Tax

  • There may be an issue on the back-end of Access Workspace with the Link between ADT and Access Financials

  • The user submitting the VAT return within Digital Tax needs to have full permissions to the System area of Dimensions / Financials

  • The workspace organisation would need to ensure to only have 1 set of relay keys which match up to the ones used with the Access Connect

  • The user record of the ADT user within Dimensions should be marked as a workspace user

  • The ADT user must be a Workspace Organisation Administrator

To investigate which of these is causing the issue, please raise a new case online and reference the title of this article.

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