Retrieving VAT obligations (MTD)

Use the MTD Retrieve Obligations form to request and receive your VAT obligations from HMRC. You can retrieve your open (owed) obligations, fulfilled (paid) obligations, or both.

  1. Open the MTD Retrieve Obligations form.
    If a different site is used to consolidate MTD information from the current site, this form is disabled at the current site. See Setting up MTD when multiple sites have the same VAT ID (VRN).
  2. Specify the date range for which you want to retrieve obligations.
    HMRC sends obligations for all quarters or all months in the requested date range, depending on the Period setting in the Tax Parameters form.
  3. Specify the status of the obligations you want to retrieve:
    • Open (owed) obligations
    • Fulfilled (paid) obligations
    • Both open and fulfilled obligations
  4. Click Retrieve.
    This sends a request to HMRC and updates the obligation table in the database with additional obligations.
  5. Click Obligations to open the MTD Obligations and Returns form, where you can view the VAT return calculations for all obligations that have been received from HMRC.
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