# VAT account not visible **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [April 22, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670 "2022-04-22T18:25:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Robbert\_Manager](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/robbert_manager/32/19908_2.png) [@Robbert\_Manager](https://forum.manager.io/u/Robbert_Manager)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670/1 "2022-04-22T18:25:28Z")
Hi all, very strange situation here. Normally, when one would record a VAT payment (tax payment) you use payments - new payment - under account select ‘tax payable’ At the moment, my tax payable account is missing in the drop down menu in the payments module. ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 6:51pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670/2 "2022-04-22T18:51:28Z")
What edition, version, and operating system are you using? The built-in _Tax payable_ account is just a placeholder. You need to define your own tax liability account. ---
**Author:** ![Robbert\_Manager](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/robbert_manager/32/19908_2.png) [@Robbert\_Manager](https://forum.manager.io/u/Robbert_Manager)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 7:06pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670/3 "2022-04-22T19:06:48Z")
22.1.28 OS: Mac Edition: offline, free How do I define the tax payable account? Also, I see that amounts have been booked under the tax payable account already (VAT) Thank you for your quick response - very much appreciated 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Joe91](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/joe91/32/35781_2.png) [@Joe91](https://forum.manager.io/u/Joe91)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670/4 "2022-04-22T19:10:40Z")
Just create a Tax Payable account in your chart of accounts, and update your tax codes to refer to this account ---
**Author:** ![Tut](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/tut/32/3286_2.png) [@Tut](https://forum.manager.io/u/Tut)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670/5 "2022-04-22T19:16:32Z")
See [Create and use tax codes | Manager](https://www.manager.io/guides/8901), especially the note about older versions and the functionality of the _Tax payable_ account. Depending on your version history, you might or might not have a functional tax liability account named _Tax payalbe_. But that is impossible for us to tell. The developer has been encouraged to remove the default _Tax payable_ account. For technical reasons, he has declined to do so. But its presence causes confusion. And I think the relevant Guide is vague because different users have different version histories. So the program can behave differently. ---
**Author:** ![Robbert\_Manager](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/robbert_manager/32/19908_2.png) [@Robbert\_Manager](https://forum.manager.io/u/Robbert_Manager)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670/6 "2022-04-22T19:30:10Z")
> [@Tut](#): > > Create and use tax codes | Manager You solved it ---
**Author:** ![Ealfardan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forum.manager.io/ealfardan/32/63166_2.png) [@Ealfardan](https://forum.manager.io/u/Ealfardan)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.manager.io/t/vat-account-not-visible/40670/7 "2023-01-18T14:49:16Z")