VAT rate changes from Friday 1st January 2010

You will be required to change your VAT rate in your EPOS system from Friday 1st January 2010. In order to do this follow the instructions below for the system you operate.

XPOS & XPOS lite systems:

NOTE: Please make sure that you have the latest update before following these instructions.

You may also want to change the price of your products to reflex this change in VAT.

To change your VAT rate follow these instructions:

  1. Update to the latest version of XPos
  2. Go to the Main Menu of XPos
  3. Click on the File menu
  4. Click on Global Change
  5. Select “Product Sub Group” from the “Choose Table” drop down
  6. Select “VAT” from the “Choose Field” drop down
  7. Type “15” in the “Change From” box
  8. Type “17.5” in the “Change To” box
  9. Click Finish
  10. Click Yes to confirm the change

You will also need to change the VAT Rate in the Company Details section as follows:

  1. From the Main Menu click on Utilties
  2. Click on the Company Details tab at the top of the screen
  3. Adjust the Standard VAT Rate at the bottom of the screen
  4. Click on Save

To adjust the Sales Prices follow these instructions:

  1. Go to the Main Menu of XPos
  2. Click on Products
  3. Search for the products you want to change the price of using the Search button
  4. Click on Quick Price Change
  5. Click on Change by Percentage
  6. Enter the percentage adjustment
  7. Click OK

Solutions2 system:

To change your VAT rate follow these instructions:

  1. To change VAT from 15% to 17.5%
  2. From the Main Menu click Products F4
  3. Click Product Types F3
  4. Click Unlock Data
  5. Over-type 15 with 17.5

If you wish to change a price you can simply edit a product.

  1. To change all products at a price point to a different price ie £97.99 to £99.99
  2. From the Main Menu click Products F4
  3. Click Product Listing
  4. Click Unlock Data F10
  5. Click into the Price column
  6. Press F7
  7. Type 97.99
  8. Press Enter
  9. type 99.99
  10. press Enter
  11. click Yes

Repeat this procedure for each price point.

Please note that the VAT change does not come into effect until Friday 1st January 2010.