Value Added Tax Regulations 1995

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1995/2518

1995 No. 2518

VALUE ADDED TAX

The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995

Made 27th September 1995

Laid before the House of Commons 28th September 1995

Coming into force 20th October 1995

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 3(4), 6(14), 7(9), 8(4), 12(3), 14(3), 16(1) and (2), 18(5) and (5A), 24(3), (4) and (6), 25(1), (4) and (6), 26(1), (3) and (4), 28(3), (4) and (5), 30(8), 35(2), 36(5), 37(3) and (4), 38, 39(1), 40(3), 46(2) and (4), 48(3)(b), (4) and (6), 49(2) and (3), 52, 54(1), (2), (3) and (6), 58, 79(3), 80(6), 88(3) and (5), 92(4), 93(1) and (2), 95(5) and 97(1) of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 1, paragraph 9 of Schedule 2, paragraph 10 of Schedule 3, paragraphs 2(1) and (2) of Schedule 7, and paragraphs 2(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), (11) and (12), 5(4) and (9), 6(1) and (2) and 7(1) of Schedule 11 to, the Value Added Tax Act 19941and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

1 PRELIMINARY

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement
S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 and shall come into force on 20th October 1995.

Interpretation—general
S-2 Interpretation—general

Interpretation—general

2.—(1) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—

“the Act” means the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and any reference to a Schedule to the Act includes a reference to a Schedule as amended from time to time by Order of the Treasury;

“alphabetical code” means the alphabetical prefix as set out below which shall be used to identify the member State—

Austria—AT

Belgium—BE

Denmark—DK

Finland—FI

France—FR

Germany—DE

Greece—EL

Ireland—IE

Italy—IT

Luxembourg—LU

Netherlands—NL

Portugal—PT

Spain—ES

Sweden—SE

United Kingdom—GB;

“Collector” includes Deputy Collector and Assistant Collector;

“the Community” means the European Community;

“continental shelf” means a designated area within the meaning of the Continental Shelf Act 19642;

“Controller” means the Controller, Customs and Excise Value Added Tax Central Unit;

“datapost packet” means a postal packet containing goods which is posted in the United Kingdom as a datapost packet for transmission to a place outside the United Kingdom in accordance with the terms of a contract entered into between the Post Office and the sender of the packet; or which is received at a post office in the United Kingdom from a place outside the United Kingdom for transmission and delivery in the United Kingdom as if it were a datapost packet;

“prescribed accounting period”, subject to regulation 99(1), means a period such as is referred to in regulation 25;

“proper officer” means the person appointed or authorised by the Commissioners to act in respect of any matter in the course of his duties;

“registered person” means a person registered by the Commissioners under Schedule 1, 2 or 3 to the Act;

“registration number” means the number allocated by the Commissioners to a taxable person in the certificate of registration issued to him;

“return” means a return which is required to be made in accordance with regulation 25;

“specified date” means the date specified in a person’s application for registration for the purpose of VAT as that on which he expects to make his first taxable supply.

(2) A reference in these Regulations to “this Part” is a reference to the Part of these Regulations in which that reference is made.

(3) In these Regulations any reference to a form prescribed in Schedule 1 to these Regulations shall include a reference to a form which the Commissioners are satisfied is a form to the like effect.

Revocations and savings
S-3 Revocations and savings

Revocations and savings

3.—(1) The Regulations described in Schedule 2 to these Regulations are hereby revoked.

(2) Anything begun under or for the purpose of any Regulations revoked by these Regulations shall be continued under or, as the case may be, for the purpose of the corresponding provision of these Regulations.

(3) Where any document used or required for the purpose of VAT refers to a provision of a regulation revoked by these Regulations, such reference shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to the corresponding provision of these Regulations.

Requirement, direction, demand or permission
S-4 Requirement, direction, demand or permission

Requirement, direction, demand or permission

4. Any requirement, direction, demand or permission by the Commissioners, under or for the purposes of these Regulations, may be made or given by a notice in writing, or otherwise.

2 REGISTRATION AND PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL CASES

PART II

REGISTRATION AND PROVISIONS FOR SPECIAL CASES

Registration and notification
S-5 Registration and notification

Registration and notification

5.—(1) Where any person is required under paragraph 5(1) or 6(1) of Schedule 1, paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 2, or paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act to notify the Commissioners of his liability to be registered, the notification shall contain the particulars (including the declaration) set out in the forms numbered 1, 6 and 7 respectively in Schedule 1 to these Regulations and shall be made in those forms;

provided that, where the notification is made by a partnership, the notification shall also contain the particulars set out in the form numbered 2 in that Schedule.

(2) Every registered person except one to whom paragraph 11, 12, 13(1), (2) or (3) of Schedule 1, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act applies shall, within 30 days of any changes being made in the name, constitution or ownership of his business, or of any other event occurring which may necessitate the variation of the register or cancellation of his registration, notify the Commissioners in writing of such change or event and furnish them with full particulars thereof.

(3) Every notification by a registered person under paragraph 11 or 12 of Schedule 1, paragraph 5 of Schedule 2, or paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act shall be made in writing to the Commissioners and shall state—

(a)

(a) the date on which he ceased to make, or have the intention of making, taxable supplies; or

(b)

(b) where paragraph 12(a) of Schedule 1 to the Act applies, the date on which he ceased to make, or have the intention of making, supplies within paragraph 10(2) of that Schedule; or

(c)

(c) where paragraph 12(b) of Schedule 1 to the Act applies, the date on which he made, or formed the intention of making, taxable supplies; or

(d)

(d) where paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 2 to the Act applies, the date on which he ceased to make, or have the intention of making, supplies; or

(e)

(e) where paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 3 to the Act applies, the date on which he ceased to make, or have the intention of making, a relevant acquisition within paragraph 6(2) of that Schedule.

Transfer of a going concern
S-6 Transfer of a going concern

Transfer of a going concern

6.—(1) Where—

(a)

(a) a business is transferred as a going concern,

(b)

(b) the registration under Schedule 1 to the Act of the transferor has not already been cancelled,

(c)

(c) on the transfer of the business the registration of the transferor under that Schedule is to be cancelled and either the transferee becomes liable to be registered under that Schedule or the Commissioners agree to register him under paragraph 9 of that Schedule, and

(d)

(d) an application is made in the form numbered 3 in Schedule 1 to these Regulations by or on behalf of both the transferor and the transferee of that business,

the Commissioners may as from the date of the said transfer cancel the registration under Schedule 1 to the Act of the transferor and register the transferee under that Schedule with the registration number previously allocated to the transferor.

(2) An application under paragraph (1) above shall constitute notification for the purposes of paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to the Act.

(3) Where the transferee of a business has under paragraph (1) above been registered under Schedule 1 to the Act in substitution for the transferor of that business, and with the transferor’s registration number—

(a)

(a) any liability of the transferor existing at the date of the transfer to make a return or to account for or pay VAT under regulation 25 or 41 shall become the liability of the transferee,

(b)

(b) any right of the transferor, whether or not existing at the date of the transfer, to credit for, or to repayment of, input tax shall become the right of the transferee, and

(c)

(c) any right of either the transferor, whether or not existing at the date of the transfer, or the transferee to payment by the Commissioners under section 25(3) of the Act shall be satisfied by payment to either of them.

(4) In addition to the provisions set out in paragraph (3) above, where the transferee of a business has been registered in substitution for, and with the registration number of, the transferor during a prescribed accounting period subsequent to that in which the transfer of the business took place but with effect from the date of the transfer of the business, and any—

(a)

(a) return has been made,

(b)

(b) VAT has been accounted for and paid, or

(c)

(c) right to credit for input tax has been claimed,

either by or in the name of the transferee or the transferor, it shall be treated as having been done by the transferee.

Notice by partnership
S-7 Notice by partnership

Notice by partnership

7.—(1) Where any notice is required to be given for the purposes of the Act or these Regulations by a partnership, it shall be the joint and several liability of all the partners to give such notice, provided that a notice given by one partner shall be a sufficient compliance with any such requirement.

(2) Where, in Scotland, a body of persons carrying on a business which includes the making of taxable supplies is a partnership required...

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