Part 1 Principal Amendments of Value Added Tax Act 1994

SCHEDULE 2 Disclosure of Value Added Tax Avoidance Schemes

Section 19

Part 1 Principal Amendments of Value Added Tax Act 1994

1

After section 58 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c 23) insert—

“Disclosure of avoidance schemes
58A Disclosure of avoidance schemes

Schedule 11A (which imposes disclosure requirements relating to the use of schemes for avoiding VAT) shall have effect.â€.

2

After Schedule 11 to that Act insert—

“SCHEDULE 11A
Disclosure of Avoidance Schemes
Section 58A
Interpretation
1

In this Schedule—

“designated scheme†has the meaning given by paragraph 3(4);

“notifiable scheme†has the meaning given by paragraph 5(1);

“scheme†includes any arrangements, transaction or series of transactions;

“tax advantage†is to be read in accordance with paragraph 2.

Obtaining a tax advantage
2

(1)     For the purposes of this Schedule, a person obtains a tax advantage if—

(a)     in any prescribed accounting period, the amount by which the output tax accounted for by him exceeds the input tax deducted by him is less than it otherwise would be, or

(b)     he obtains a VAT credit when he would not otherwise do so, or obtains

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