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To initiate the VAT 201 Wizard, click on Reports > VAT: - In the VAT 201 Wizard column, click on view for the specific VAT Period the VAT 201 Report need to be generated for.
This will automatically initiate the Sage Compliance Cloud VAT 201 Wizard’s first page in a new browser tab: 
- Click on the Electronic Submission button.
You will be prompted to enter your SARS Credentials 
- Complete the Login Name and Login Key using your SARS Submission Username and Password.
Please refer to the article VAT 201 Wizard: Registering on E-filing for SARS Electronic VAT 201 submissions on the creation or retrieval of these login details as this is not your SARS E-filing login details. - Click on Sign In & Submit.
- At this stage SARS will validate the provided login details, as well as the VAT Number associated with the credentials provided:
- The VAT Period Start Date and the End Date should already be populated based on the selected VAT Period in Sage Accounting, and once the user confirmed these dates, the user can click on the Create VAT201 button.
- This will allow Sage Compliance Cloud to submit a request to SARS to open the selected VAT Period for submission:
Once all transactional data has been validated and SARS opened the selected VAT Period for submission, the user will be able to review and update the details of the Contact person and Tax Practitioner 
- Once the user has confirmed the details that will be contained in the VAT 201 report, click on Next.
- On the next screen of the VAT 201 Wizard, the user should be able to review and edit the generated VAT 201 financials:
- To make a manual adjustment to the VAT 201 report, click on Edit.
- Complete the Adjust amount by value and add a Reason for adjustment and then click on the Make Adjustments button.
- Once the user has confirmed the details that will be contained in the VAT 201 report, click on Submit Return.
Very Important Note:
At this stage Sage Compliance Cloud will submit your VAT 201 for the specific VAT Period to SARS for processing. This can take SARS up to 24 hours, so it is important to plan in order to avoid possible late penalties. 
- Click on Finish and close this window.
This will reroute the user back to the VAT Returns and Reports screen in Sage Accounting. Very Important Note: Please ensure that any manual VAT adjustments you made on the VAT 201 report is also captured in Sage Accounting to ensure your software reconciles to the actual VAT return submitted. Sage Accounting won’t automatically capture these transactions since additional details would be necessary. A ‘Manual Adjustments’ excel file is automatically downloaded at the end of the Wizard to assist you with this.
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