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# United Kingdom

> United Kingdom local functionality in Business Central (GB): VAT and Making Tax Digital, banking and payments such as check printing, fixed asset straight-line depreciation, and general features like address lookup. It answers setup and how-to questions for the British version.

Path: [Business functionality](../../business-functionality.md) > [Local functionality](../local-functionality.md) > United Kingdom · tier official · system localization · narrative reviewed (checked by Opus)

## Overview

This section collects the features specific to the United Kingdom version of Business Central, as listed for 2025 release wave 2. The landing page gives a short map of the areas: VAT and tax, banking and payments, fixed assets, and general features.
Three subtopics hold most of the detail. VAT covers Making Tax Digital returns to HMRC, VAT setup in journals, VAT audit and day book reports, and reverse charge VAT. Banking and payments covers check printing in the APACS layout and vendor remittance advice. General covers statutory company information, Ideal Postcodes address lookup, fraud prevention data for Making Tax Digital, and posting date warnings.
The section's own pages also include a fixed assets article on straight-line depreciation using accounting periods. Start with the landing page to find the area you need, then go to the matching subtopic. For HMRC submissions, read the VAT pages together with the fraud prevention data page under General.

## Key points

- Making Tax Digital VAT returns can be submitted to HMRC from the British version.
- VAT pages cover journal VAT setup, VAT audit and day book reports, and reverse charge VAT.
- Payment journals can print checks in the APACS specification layout and print vendor remittance advice.
- Straight-line depreciation can use up to 13 accounting periods defined in depreciation books.
- Depreciation is calculated daily and distributed across periods, with 360, 365, or 366-day methods and a Use Accounting Period toggle.
- General features include statutory company information, Ideal Postcodes address lookup, and posting date warnings.
- Fraud prevention data setup supports HMRC Making Tax Digital.
- The landing page describes functionality as of 2025 release wave 2.

## Subtopics

- [VAT](united-kingdom/vat.md) (5 pages)
- [Banking and payments](united-kingdom/banking-and-payments.md) (2 pages)
- [General](united-kingdom/general.md) (5 pages)

## More Learn pages

- [Straight-Line Depreciation of Fixed Assets in the UK](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/UnitedKingdom/how-to-define-accounting-periods-for-straight-line-depreciation-of-fixed-assets): Define 13 accounting periods to calculate straight-line depreciation in the UK version. Calculate daily depreciation and distribute it across these periods appropriately.
- [United Kingdom local functionality [GB]](https://learn.microsoft.com/dynamics365/business-central/LocalFunctionality/UnitedKingdom/united-kingdom-local-functionality): This article gives you an overview of local functionality in the United Kingdom version of Business Central.

## Videos, posts and code changes

Linked by a Haiku matcher with a grounding quote from the item's summary (link/topics.ts); machine-generated.

- [#12157 Mark GetAddress.io objects as obsolete](../../../../changes/bcapps/12157.md) (code change): "GetAddress.io UK postcode app objects are marked obsolete"

## Business Central pages and reports

The pages, reports and queries this hub's Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.

- [Page 5610 "Depreciation Book Card"](../../../../objects/page/5610.md) · on [Table 5611 "Depreciation Book"](../../../../objects/table/5611.md)
- [Page 5611 "Depreciation Book List"](../../../../objects/page/5611.md) · captioned "Depreciation Books" · on [Table 5611 "Depreciation Book"](../../../../objects/table/5611.md)
- [Page 5619 "FA Depreciation Books"](../../../../objects/page/5619.md) · on [Table 5612 "FA Depreciation Book"](../../../../objects/table/5612.md)
- [Page 1 "Company Information"](../../../../objects/page/1.md) · on [Table 79 "Company Information"](../../../../objects/table/79.md) · via [General](united-kingdom/general.md)
- [Page 39 "General Journal"](../../../../objects/page/39.md) · captioned "General Journals" · on [Table 81 "Gen. Journal Line"](../../../../objects/table/81.md) · via [VAT](united-kingdom/vat.md)
- [Page 256 "Payment Journal"](../../../../objects/page/256.md) · captioned "Payment Journals" · on [Table 81 "Gen. Journal Line"](../../../../objects/table/81.md) · via [Banking and payments](united-kingdom/banking-and-payments.md)
- [Page 317 "VAT Statement"](../../../../objects/page/317.md) · captioned "VAT Statements" · on [Table 256 "VAT Statement Line"](../../../../objects/table/256.md) · via [VAT](united-kingdom/vat.md)
- [Page 320 "VAT Statement Names"](../../../../objects/page/320.md) · on [Table 257 "VAT Statement Name"](../../../../objects/table/257.md) · via [VAT](united-kingdom/vat.md)
- [Page 459 "Sales & Receivables Setup"](../../../../objects/page/459.md) · on [Table 311 "Sales & Receivables Setup"](../../../../objects/table/311.md) · via [General](united-kingdom/general.md)
- [Page 460 "Purchases & Payables Setup"](../../../../objects/page/460.md) · on [Table 312 "Purchases & Payables Setup"](../../../../objects/table/312.md) · via [General](united-kingdom/general.md)
- [Page 743 "VAT Report Setup"](../../../../objects/page/743.md) · on [Table 743 "VAT Report Setup"](../../../../objects/table/743.md) · via [VAT](united-kingdom/vat.md)

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