Value Added Tax Act 1994

[F1 Identification of persons for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Schs. 9ZA, 9ZB inserted (17.12.2020 for specified purposes, 31.12.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Taxation (Post-transition Period) Act 2020 (c. 26), s. 11(1)(e), Sch. 2 para. 2 (with s. 3(4), Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(10)) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 9

7 (1) The Commissioners may by regulations make provision for the identification of persons for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland. U.K.

(2) In this Act “identified for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland” means identified in accordance with regulations under this paragraph.

(3) A person may only be identified for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland if—

(a) the person is registered under this Act,

[F2 (aa) the person is registered under the OSS scheme or a participant in a non-UK scheme within the meaning of Schedule 9ZD,] or

(b) the person acts on behalf of a person in relation to VAT in Northern Ireland as a VAT representative.

(4) Regulations may make provision—

(a) about the circumstances in which a person may request to be identified for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland;

(b) for a person to be required to request to be identified for the purposes of Northern Ireland VAT;

(c) about the circumstances in which the Commissioners may determine that a person is identified for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland otherwise than at the person's request;

(d) requiring a person to notify the Commissioners of such matters as may be specified for the purpose of allowing the Commissioners to ascertain whether a person should be identified for the purposes VAT in Northern Ireland;

(e) about the circumstances in which a person is to be treated, for such purposes as may be specified, as if they were identified for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland (and which may include circumstances where the person is neither registered under this Act nor acting as a VAT representative);

(f) about the circumstances in which a person ceases to be identified for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland.

(5) Regulations may also make provision—

(a) about a specified means of communicating the fact of a person's identification for the purposes of VAT in Northern Ireland (and that means is referred to in this Act as an “NI VAT identifier”);

(b) about the circumstances in which a person may use, or is required to use, an NI VAT identifier (for example, in connection with the making of a transaction or return).

(6) In this paragraph “specified” means specified in regulations.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 9ZA para. 7(3)(aa) inserted (1.12.2021) by The Value Added Tax (Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1165), regs. 1, 3