sackable offence?

Podge52

melysion wrote: »

Its sorted now, thank goodness. Found out the invoice, talked to accounts, got the VAT code from the customer and a new invoice will be sent out.

Phew. Wont be making that mistake again though, thats for sure!

I'm glad you're in the clear. How's the job going? Are you enjoying it?

melysion

Well, I wouldn't quite go as far as saying I'm in the clear as my boss isn't around today. But the situation has been rectified.

Jon itself is great I will feel slightly more relaxed when I don't have this probationary period hanging over my head. Yes I know there's no real protection until 2 years service, but after 3 months they have to give me a months notice rather than just a week at present

geelamch

Why not take it as an opportunity,tell your boss how you made the error and suggest they they could introduce a new system ie. colour code for vat free invoices , he just might see you in a new light .

Tiddlywinks

geelamch wrote: »

Why not take it as an opportunity,tell your boss how you made the error and suggest they they could introduce a new system ie. colour code for vat free invoices , he just might see you in a new light .

Hmm, you'd have to be careful with this as it could look like you were blaming the system rather than accepting responsibility. It would all be in the wording.

I do agree that the OP should tell her boss rather than wait for him to find out. Choose your moment though, don't pounce as soon as he arrives in .

BitterAndTwisted

I'm interested to understand why a person who doesn't work in accounts and is therefore not responsible for raising the actual invoices would be expected to know and understand the VAT regs. Editors generally report their chargeable time and let the billing wizards get on with what they're suppose to be doing. In the field I work, our editors' time is probably worth multiples of what the administrators cost the business.

keyser666

Think you can turn this into a positive and state that you double check your work (means you will have to going forward though) and picked it up

zenmaster

Last time I checked (which, admittedly, was a few hours ago before the shops closed) the UK was not in the Eurozone but pays an eyewatering amount of VAT.

I don't think you deserve the sack over such a schoolboy error, but you do deserve to have the p1ss taken for at least the next 2 weeks (in a nice way).

ShadowPuma

Best thing: Flag it with accounts and say "not sure if this is right". No need to get told off over it. The fact you sorted it and dealt with it is the important thing.

k3lvc

If it makes you feel better OP then 25 years ago as a spotty 18yo I paid an invoice for 250000 Portuguese Escudos (about £1000 at the time) in pounds i.e. an overpayment of £249,000. I discovered the mistake a couple of weeks later, owned up, we recovered the money (albeit 4 weeks later and with a worse exchange rate) yet my boss at the time still jokes about it to this day and I still work here (albeit not in Finance any more :rotfl:)

eamon

I agree VAT is complicated and couple that with surcharges, WEEE, landfill tax, fuel duty and there is probably more, doing business these days is not easy. Oh and don't blame the EU for this. Before joining the EEC we had purchase tax. Other countries have GST (goods sales tax in OZ for example) which operates in a similar way to VAT.