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2003 No. 3220

VALUE ADDED TAX

The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2003

  Made 9th December 2003 
  Laid before the House of Commons 10th December 2003 
  Coming into force
  for the purposes of Part 5 11th December 2003 
  for all other purposes 1st January 2004 

The Commissioners of Customs and Excise, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 6(14), 12(1)(b), 26(1), (3) and (4), 26B and 36(5)(e) and (f) and (7) of, and paragraphs 2(1), 2A(1), 2A(2), 2A(3), 2A(4), 2A(5), 2A(6), 2A(7), 2B(2), 2B(4), 2B(5), 2(11), 3(1), 3(3) and 6(1) of Schedule 11 to, the Value Added Tax Act 1994[1], hereby make the following regulations:



PART 1

PRELIMINARY

Citation and commencement
     1.  - (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2003 and come into force - 

    (2) Part 4 (partial exemption) has effect in relation to input tax incurred by a taxable person on goods imported or acquired by, or goods or services supplied to, him on or after 1st January 2004.

Amendment
    
2. The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995[2] are amended in accordance with the following Parts.



PART 2

INVOICING

     3. Before regulation 13 insert - 

     4. In regulation 13 - 

     5. After regulation 13 insert - 

     6. After regulation 13A insert - 

     7. In regulation 14(1) - 

     8. In regulation 14(2) - 

     9. After regulation 14(6) insert - 

     10. In regulation 16(1) for "£100" substitute "£250".

    
11. In regulation 31(1) after sub-paragraph (i) insert - 

     12. In regulation 83 for the words after "supplier" substitute - 

     13. In regulation 84(2)(a) omit ", (9)".

    
14. In regulation 87 for the words after "occasion that" substitute "an invoice such as is described in regulation 83 is issued.".

    
15. In regulation 88(2) after "appropriated" insert "or a self-billed invoice fulfilling the conditions in regulation 13(3A) is issued by the customer".

    
16. In regulation 89(a) omit "(9),".



PART 3

FLAT-RATE SCHEME FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

    
17. In regulation 55B(1)(a) (start date), after "notified" omit "in writing".

    
18.  - (1) In regulation 55A(1) (interpretation) - 

    (2) In regulation 55D (method of accounting), for "regulations 55J and 55JA", substitute "regulations 55H and 55JB".

    (3) In regulation 55K (category of business), omit paragraph (2).

    (4) For regulation 55N(1) and (2) (notification), substitute - 

     19.  - (1) For regulations 55H to 55JA (appropriate percentage), substitute - 

    (2) Immediately before regulation 55K, insert - 

     20. In regulation 55K (category of business), for the Table substitute - 


Table
Category of business Appropriate percentage
Retailing food, confectionery, tobacco, newspapers or children's clothing 2
Membership organisation

Postal and courier services

Pubs

Wholesaling food

5.5
Farming or agriculture that is not listed elsewhere

Retailing that is not listed elsewhere

Wholesaling agricultural products

6
Retailing pharmaceuticals, medical goods, cosmetics or toiletries

Retailing vehicles or fuel

Sport or recreation

Wholesaling that is not listed elsewhere

7
Agricultural services

Library, archive, museum or other cultural activity

Manufacturing food

Printing

Repairing vehicles

7.5
General building or construction services*

Hiring or renting goods

Manufacturing that is not listed elsewhere

Manufacturing yarn, textiles or clothing

Packaging

Repairing personal or household goods

Social work

8.5
Forestry or fishing

Mining or quarrying

Transport or storage, including freight, removals and taxis

Travel agency

9
Advertising

Dealing in waste or scrap

Hotel or accommodation

Photography

Publishing

Veterinary medicine

9.5
Any other activity not listed elsewhere

Investigation or security

Manufacturing fabricated metal products

10
Boarding or care of animals

Film, radio, television or video production

10.5
Business services that are not listed elsewhere

Computer repair services

Entertainment or journalism

Estate agency or property management services

Laundry or dry-cleaning services

Secretarial services

11
Financial services 11.5
Catering services, including restaurants and takeaways

Hairdressing or other beauty treatment services

Real estate activity not listed elsewhere

12
Architect, civil and structural engineer or surveyor

Management consultancy

12.5
Accountancy or book-keeping

Computer and IT consultancy or data processing

Lawyer or legal services

13
Labour-only building or construction services* 13.5

* "Labour-only building or construction services" means building or construction services where the value of materials supplied is less than 10 per cent. of relevant turnover from such services; any other building or construction services are "general building or construction services".



PART 4

PARTIAL EXEMPTION

    
21. After regulation 102 insert - 



PART 5

BAD DEBT RELIEF

    
22. In regulation 171(5), after "regulation" insert ", but subject to paragraph (6) below,".

    
23. After regulation 171(5) insert - 


Ray McAfee
Commissioner of Customs and Excise

New King's Beam House, 22 Upper Ground, London SE1 9PJ
9th December 2003



EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)


These Regulations, which come into force on 11th December 2003 (for the purposes of Part 5 - bad debt relief) and 1st January 2004 (for all other purposes), further amend the Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 (S.I.1995/2518) ("the principal Regulations").

Regulation 1 makes discrete provision in relation to commencement.

Invoicing
Part 2 of these Regulations makes amendments to the principal Regulations to implement Council Directive 2001/115/EC (OJ L015,17.01.02 p.24). A transposition note in respect of this implementation is available at www.hmce.gov.uk.

Regulation 3 inserts an interpretation provision at the beginning of Part 3 of the principal Regulations (new regulation A13).

Regulation 4 makes amendments relating to self-billed invoices and the time of supply in relation to self-billing.

Regulation 5 inserts a new Regulation 13A, relating to the electronic transmission and storage of invoices.

Regulation 6 inserts a new regulation 13B enabling the Commissioners of Customs and Excise, by notice, to require an invoice received in the United Kingdom to be translated into English.

Regulation 7 makes amendments to the list of items of information required by regulation 14(1) to be shown on a VAT invoice.

Regulation 8 makes amendments to regulation 14(2) relating to VAT invoices provided to persons in other member States.

Regulation 9 amends regulation 14 by providing that the information required to be shown on a VAT invoice need only be shown once where a batch of invoices is sent to a single recipient.

Regulation 10 amends regulation 16(1) by increasing the amount below which a retailer need not provide a VAT invoice from £100 to £250.

Regulation 11 amends regulation 31 (records). Firstly a party to a self-billing agreement is required to retain a copy of any such agreement. Secondly all customers who are party to self-billing agreements must retain details of the name, address and registration number of every supplier with whom they have such an agreement.

Regulation 12 amends regulation 83 of the principal Regulations to provide, in relation to an acquisition of goods from another member State that, in addition to the time the supplier issues an invoice, the time of acquisition may be the time that an invoice of the necessary description is issued by the customer.

Regulations 13 and 16 make consequential amendments to regulations 84 and 89 respectively to remove references to section 6(9) of the Act (which was repealed by section 24(1)(a) of the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23)).

Regulation 14 makes a consequential amendment to regulation 87 following the amendment made in regulation 12 to regulation 83.

Regulation 15 amends regulation 88(2) to provide that, in addition to the existing circumstances, a self-billed invoice may create the time of supply.

A full regulatory impact assessment of the effect that implementation of the Directive will have on the costs of business was published on 1st November 2001 and is available at www.hmce.gov.uk.

Flat-rate scheme for small businesses
Part 3 of these Regulations makes provision in respect of the flat-rate scheme for small businesses established by Part 7A of the principal Regulations ("FRS").

Regulation 17 amends regulation 55B of the principal Regulations so that the date with effect from which a person is authorised to operate the FRS is (unless he and the Commissioners agree to the contrary) determined by reference to the date of his request for authorisation, whether or not that request is made in writing.

Regulation 19 substitutes a new regulation 55H for regulations 55H to 55JA of the principal Regulations and also inserts a new regulation 55JB. The new regulation 55H sets out the basic rules regarding how a person operating the FRS must determine which appropriate percentage he must apply. These rules are not substantively changed, but are rewritten as a consequence of the new regulation 55JB. The new regulation 55JB provides for a reduction in the appropriate percentage for flat-rate traders in their first year of VAT registration.

Regulation 18 makes consequential amendments, including the addition of new definitions of "EDR" and "relevant date" for the purposes of the FRS.

Regulation 20 substitutes a new Table of categories of business and appropriate percentages in regulation 55K of the principal Regulations. Most of the categories and all of the appropriate percentages differ from those set out in the previous Table.

A full regulatory impact assessment on the changes to the FRS was published on 10th December 2003 and is available at www.hmce.gov.uk.

Partial Exemption
Part 4 of these Regulations deals with situations where the use of the partial exemption special method approved or directed under regulation 102 of the principal Regulations does not produce a result that is fair and reasonable. It applies to input tax incurred on or after 1 January 2004.

Regulation 21 inserts new regulations 102A to 102C into the principal Regulations.

New regulation 102A allows the Commissioners, where they consider a taxable person's attribution of input tax according to his method in force under regulation 102 does not fairly and reasonably represent an attribution based on the use or intended use of the input goods and services, to serve on him a notice to that effect. Subsequently the taxable person must follow the procedure laid down in new regulation 102B.

New regulation 102B provides for an adjustment to be made where the input tax attributed to taxable supplies according to the method in force under regulation 102 differs from an attribution based on the use or intended use of the input goods and services. The procedure laid down in this regulation applies unless or until the Commissioners approve or direct a method under regulation 102, or allow the method specified in regulation 101 to be used.

New regulation 102C allows taxpayers to serve a notice on the Commissioners in the same circumstances as described in new regulation 102A. Where the Commissioners approve such a notice, the taxpayer must follow the procedure laid down in new regulation 102B.

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for Part 4 of this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.

Bad Debt Relief
Part 5 of these Regulations amends regulation 171 of the principal Regulations in order to prevent potential avoidance.

Regulation 171 requires a person who has received a refund upon a claim for bad debt relief to repay this to the Commissioners of Customs and Excise to the extent that a payment for the relevant supply is subsequently received. However, by virtue of regulation 171(5), "payment" does not include a payment received by a person to whom a right to receive it has been assigned.

Part 5 of these Regulations limits the scope of the exclusion contained in regulation 171(5) by inserting new paragraphs (6), (7) and (8). These provide that, where the right to receive a payment is assigned on or after 11th December 2003, regulation 171(5) does not apply if the claimant and assignee are connected, as determined by section 839 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 ( c.1).

A full regulatory impact assessment has not been produced for Part 5 of this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business.


Notes:

[1] 1994 c. 23; section 96(1) defines "the Commissioners" as meaning the Commissioners of Customs and Excise and "regulations" as meaning regulations made by the Commissioners under the Act. Section 26B was added by section 23 of the Finance Act 2002 (c. 23). Section 36(5)(e) was amended by section 15(2) of the Finance Act 1999 (c. 16). Section 24 of the Finance Act 2002, which amends Schedule 11 to the Act, was brought into force on 1st December 2003, the day appointed by S.I. 2003/3043 (C. 114). Paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 11 was thus amended, paragraphs 2A and 2B inserted and paragraph 3 substituted.back

[2] S.I. 1995/2518; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1995/3147, S.I. 1996/1250, S.I. 1997/2887, S.I.1998/765, S.I. 2002/2918, S.I. 2003/1069 and S.I. 2003/2318 (invoicing), S.I. 2002/1142 and S.I. 2003/1069 (flat-rate scheme for small businesses), S.I. 1996/1250 (partial exemption), and S.I. 1999/3029 and S.I. 2002/3027 (bad debt relief).back

[3] section 96(1) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 defines "the Taxes Act" as the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1). Section 839 was amended by section 74 of, and paragraph 20 of Part 2 of Schedule 17 to, the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4).back



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  Prepared 17 December 2003


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