VBA User Definded Types

Hi,

I'm little confused as to why the function below does not work. The error message is, Compile Error: User-defined type is not defined. What's strange is if a turn the function into a sub instead and take out the last line, BenchmarkDates = BMDates
the code works and recognises the user defined type.

Use user defined types a lot in the same module and have no issues?

Thanks for any help,
M

Private Type TypeBMDates
    YTD As Date
    MTD As Date
    TMinus5 As Date
    TMinus1 As Date
End Type

Function BenchmarkDates() As TypeBMDates

Dim BMDates As TypeBMDates

    BMDates.YTD = DateSerial(Year(Now), 1, 0)
    BMDates.YTD = Last_Working_Day(BMDates.YTD)
    
    BMDates.MTD = DateSerial(Year(Now), Month(Now), 0)
    BMDates.MTD = Last_Working_Day(BMDates.MTD)
    
    BMDates.TMinus5 = Last_Working_Day(DateAdd("d", -7, Date))
    
    BMDates.TMinus1 = Last_Working_Day(DateAdd("d", -1, Date))

    BenchmarkDates = BMDates
    
    End Function

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