# File VAT returns directly to HMRC

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Submit VAT returns for sole traders and landlords straight to HMRC, tag clients with custom labels in billing, and autodetect prepayments and deferred income from multi-line invoices.

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Submit VAT returns for sole traders and landlords straight to HMRC, tag clients with custom labels in billing, and autodetect prepayments and deferred income from multi-line invoices.

22 June 2026

## VAT return submissions in Briefcase Ledger

You can now file VAT returns for sole traders and landlords directly in Briefcase. Briefcase syncs VAT obligations (along with related information such as VAT liabilities and payments) directly from HMRC. As you complete the individual's bookkeeping for the month, VAT for each transaction is recorded automatically in Briefcase Ledger.

On the VAT return page you can see all obligations, late submissions, late payments and penalties.

![VAT Return submissions page showing next return due date, outstanding balance and penalty points, with a table of returns, liabilities, late submissions and late payments](https://briefcase.so/images/changelog/2026-06-22-vat-return-submissions.png)

When you click a VAT return obligation, you can submit it directly to HMRC. Note that only agents or business owners can submit VAT returns.

![VAT return detail page with a monthly VAT trend chart, the nine-box VAT return breakdown, and a Submit to HMRC button](https://briefcase.so/images/changelog/2026-06-22-vat-return-submit-hmrc.png)

## Tagging clients in billing

To understand spend by office, partner or other custom criteria, you can now tag each client with a custom label on the billing page.

![Billing page with custom labels applied to clients and a filter row to filter by an individual label](https://briefcase.so/images/changelog/2026-06-22-billing-client-labels.png)

You can filter by an individual label. On CSV export, each row includes a labels column with the assigned values.

## Other things that we shipped

-   Briefcase now autodetects prepayments / deferred income from multi-line invoices.
-   Bulk publishing prepayments / deferred income.

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