---
id: change/bcapps/9485
type: change
title: "#9485 [main]-Multiple error messages when posting to period with VAT Return already in status Released"
summary: Posting to a period whose VAT Return is already in status Released should no longer produce multiple error messages. The change updates the VAT Reporting Date Mgt codeunit and makes a one-line change to the VAT Entry table in each layer.
tier: official
language: en
tags:
  - fix
  - main
  - bc30
  - table vat entry
  - codeunit vat reporting date mgt
system: finance
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  by: opus
  at: "2026-10-08T02:11:59.557Z"
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    title: "microsoft/BCApps#9485: [main]-Multiple error messages when posting to period with VAT Return already in status Released"
    date: "2026-07-17"
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number: 9485
repo: microsoft/BCApps
source_id: bcapps-prs
url: https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/9485
kind: pr
base_branch: main
major: "30"
merged_at: "2026-07-17T13:32:57Z"
author: MSNehaNawal
author_type: User
community_contribution: true
labels:
  - "ADO: Sync"
  - From Fork
  - "Team: Finance"
change_class: code
change_kind: fix
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quote: Multiple error messages when posting to period with VAT Return already in status Released
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---

# #9485 [main]-Multiple error messages when posting to period with VAT Return already in status Released

> Posting to a period whose VAT Return is already in status Released should no longer produce multiple error messages. The change updates the VAT Reporting Date Mgt codeunit and makes a one-line change to the VAT Entry table in each layer.

[Pull request](https://github.com/microsoft/BCApps/pull/9485) · merged into `main` (BC30) on 2026-07-17 by MSNehaNawal (community contribution) · 22 files (+328 -2), 14 AL · fix · tier official · reviewed (checked by Opus)

## What changed

- Addresses duplicate error messages when posting into a period with a Released VAT Return
- VAT Reporting Date Mgt codeunit modified
- VAT Entry table changed in the W1 layer and all localized layers
- Tests added to ERM VAT Sales Purchase in several localization layers
- Behaviour changes for users or extensions.

## AL objects touched

- [Table 254 "VAT Entry"](../../objects/table/254.md), Base Application: modified
- [Codeunit 799 "VAT Reporting Date Mgt"](../../objects/codeunit/799.md), Base Application: modified
- `src/Layers/FI/BaseApp/Finance/VAT/Ledger/VATEntry.Table.al`: modified, not in the BC30 snapshot

## Context

- Work items: AB#641514
- Labels: ADO: Sync, From Fork, Team: Finance
- Systems: finance
- From the description: "Multiple error messages when posting to period with VAT Return already in status Released"

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