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C1Pt. 19 modified (except reg. 171) (temp.) (27.7.1999 until 1.12.1999, see S.I. 1999/3029, reg. 5) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 15(4)(5)
165. In this Part—
“claim” means a claim in accordance with regulations 166 and 167 for a refund of VAT to which a person is entitled by virtue of section 36 of the Act and “claimant” shall be construed accordingly;
“payment” means any payment or part-payment which is made by any person F1... by way of consideration for a supply regardless of whether such payment extinguishes the purchaser’s debt to the claimant or not;
“purchaser” means a person to whom the claimant made a relevant supply;
“refunds for bad debts account” has the meaning given in regulation 168;
“relevant supply” means any taxable supply upon which a claim is based;
“return” means the return which the claimant is required to make in accordance with regulation 25;
“security” means—
in relation to England, Wales and Northern Ireland, any mortgage, charge, lien or other security, and
in relation to Scotland, any security (whether heritable or moveable), any floating charge and any right of lien or preference and right of retention (other than a right of compensation or set-off).
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 165 omitted (1.12.1999) by virtue of The Value Added Tax Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3029), regs. 1, 3
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 165 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
165A.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, a claim shall be made within the period of 3 years and 6 months following the later of—
(a)the date on which the consideration (or part) which has been written off as a bad debt becomes due and payable to or to the order of the person who made the relevant supply; and
(b)the date of the supply.
(2) A person who is entitled to a refund by virtue of section 36 of the Act, but has not made a claim within the period specified in paragraph (1) shall be regarded for the purposes of this Part as having ceased to be entitled to a refund accordingly.
(3) This regulation does not apply insofar as the date mentioned at sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of paragraph (1) above, whichever is the later, falls before 1st May 1997.]
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 165A and heading inserted (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 10
166. —
(1) Save as the Commissioners may otherwise allow or direct, the claimant shall make a claim to the Commissioners by including the correct amount of the refund in the box opposite the legend “VAT reclaimed in this period on purchases and other inputs” on his return [F3for the prescribed accounting period in which he becomes entitled to make the claim or, subject to regulation 165A, any later return].
(2) If at a time the claimant becomes entitled to a refund he is no longer required to make returns to the Commissioners he shall make a claim to the Commissioners in such form and manner as they may direct.
Textual Amendments
F3Words in reg. 166(1) added (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 11
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 166 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
166A. Where the purchaser is a taxable person [F5, and the relevant supply was made before 1st January 2003,] the claimant shall not before, but within 7 days from, the day he makes a claim give to the purchaser a notice in writing containing the following information—
(a)the date of issue of the notice;
(b)the date of the claim;
(c)the date and number of any VAT invoice issued in relation to each relevant supply;
(d)the amount of the consideration for each relevant supply which the claimant has written off as a bad debt;
(e)the amount of the claim.]
Textual Amendments
F4Reg. 166A and heading inserted (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 12
F5Words in reg. 166A inserted (1.1.2003) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3027), regs. 1, 3
167. Save as the Commissioners may otherwise allow, the claimant, before he makes a claim, shall hold in respect of each relevant supply—
(a)either—
(i)a copy of any VAT invoice which was provided in accordance with Part III of these Regulations, or
(ii)where there was no obligation to provide a VAT invoice, a document which shows the time, nature and purchaser of the relevant goods and services, and the consideration therefor,
(b)records or any other documents showing that he has accounted for and paid the VAT thereon, and
(c)records or any other documents showing that the consideration has been written off in his accounts as a bad debt.
Commencement Information
I3Reg. 167 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
168. —
(1) Any person who makes a claim to the Commissioners shall keep a record of that claim.
(2) Save as the Commissioners may otherwise allow, the record referred to in paragraph (1) above shall consist of the following information in respect of each claim made—
(a)in respect of each relevant supply for that claim—
(i)the amount of VAT chargeable,
(ii)the prescribed accounting period in which the VAT chargeable was accounted for and paid to the Commissioners,
(iii)the date and number of any invoice issued in relation thereto or, where there is no such invoice, such information as is necessary to identify the time, nature and purchaser thereof, and
(iv)any payment received therefor,
(b)the outstanding amount to which the claim relates,
(c)the amount of the claim, F6...
(d)the prescribed accounting period in which the claim was made[F7, and
(e)a copy of the notice required to be given in accordance with regulation 166A]
(3) Any records created in pursuance of this regulation shall be kept in a single account to be known as the “refunds for bad debts account”.
Textual Amendments
F6Word in reg. 168(2)(c) omitted (1.5.1997) by virtue of The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 13(a)
F7Reg. 168(2)(e) and word added (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 13(b)
Commencement Information
I4Reg. 168 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
169. —
(1) Save as the Commissioners may otherwise allow, the claimant shall preserve the documents, invoices and records which he holds in accordance with regulations 167 and 168 for a period of 4 years from the date of the making of the claim.
(2) Upon demand made by an authorised person the claimant shall produce or cause to be produced any such documents, invoices and records for inspection by the authorised person and permit him to remove them at a reasonable time and for a reasonable period.
Commencement Information
I5Reg. 169 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
170. —
(1) [F8Subject to regulation 170A below, where]—
(a)the claimant made more than one supply (whether taxable or otherwise) to the purchaser, and
(b)a payment is received in relation to those supplies,
the payment shall be attributed to each such supply in accordance with the rules set out in paragraphs (2) and (3) below.
(2) The payment shall be attributed to the supply which is the earliest in time and, if not wholly attributed to that supply, thereafter to supplies in the order of the dates on which they were made, except that attribution under this paragraph shall not be made to any supply if the payment was allocated to that supply by the purchaser at the time of payment and the consideration for that supply was paid in full.
(3) Where—
(a)the earliest supply and other supplies to which the whole of the payment could be attributed under this regulation occur on one day, or
(b)the supplies to which the balance of the payment could be attributed under this regulation occur on one day,
the payment shall be attributed to those supplies by multiplying, for each such supply, the payment received by a fraction of which the numerator is the outstanding consideration for that supply and the denominator is the total outstanding consideration for those supplies.
Textual Amendments
F8Words in reg. 170(1) substituted (1.1.2003) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3027), regs. 1, 4
Commencement Information
I6Reg. 170 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
170A—(1) Where—
(a)the claimant made a supply of goods and, in connection with that supply, a supply of credit;
(b)those supplies were made under a hire purchase, conditional sale or credit sale agreement; and
(c)a payment is received in relation to those supplies (other than a payment of an amount upon which interest is not charged),
the payment shall be attributed to each supply in accordance with the rules set out in paragraph (2) below.
(2) The payment shall be attributed—
(a)as to the amount obtained by multiplying it by the fraction
to the supply of credit; and
(b)as to the balance, to the supply of goods,
where—
A is the total of the interest on the credit provided under the agreement under which the supplies are made (determined as at the date of the making of the agreement); and
B is the total amount payable under the agreement, less any amount upon which interest is not charged.
(3) Where an agreement provides for variation of the rate of interest after the date of the making of the agreement then, for the purposes of the calculation in paragraph (2) above, it shall be assumed that the rate is not varied.]
Textual Amendments
F9Reg. 170A inserted (1.1.2003) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3027), regs. 1, 5
171. —
(1) Where a claimant—
(a)has received a refund upon a claim, and
(b)either—
(i)a payment for the relevant supply is subsequently received, or
(ii)a payment is, by virtue of [F10regulations 170 or 170A], treated as attributed to the relevant supply,
he shall repay to the Commissioners such an amount as equals the amount of the refund, or the balance thereof, multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator is the amount so received or attributed, and the denominator is the amount of the outstanding consideration.
(2) The claimant shall repay to the Commissioners the amount referred to in paragraph (1) above by including that amount in the box opposite the legend “VAT due in this period on sales and other outputs” on his return for the prescribed accounting period in which the payment is received.
(3) Save as the Commissioners may otherwise allow, where the claimant fails to comply with the requirements of regulation 167, 168, 169 [F11, 170 or 170A] he shall repay to the Commissioners the amount of the refund obtained by the claim to which the failure to comply relates; and he shall repay the amount by including that amount in the box opposite the legend “VAT due in this period on sales and other outputs” on his return for the prescribed accounting period which the Commissioners shall designate for that purpose.
(4) If at the time the claimant is required to repay any amount, he is no longer required to make returns to the Commissioners, he shall repay such amount to the Commissioners at such time and in such form and manner as they may direct.
[F12(5) For the purposes of this regulation [F13, but subject to paragraph (6) below,] a reference to payment shall not include a reference to a payment received by a person to whom a right to receive it has been assigned.]
[F14(6) Paragraph (5) above does not apply where any person to whom the right to receive a payment has been assigned (whether by the claimant or any other person) is connected to the claimant.
(7) Any question for the purposes of paragraph (6) above whether any person is connected to the claimant shall be determined in accordance with section 839 of the Taxes Act.
(8) Paragraphs (6) and (7) above apply where the right to receive a payment is assigned on or after 11th December 2003.]
Textual Amendments
F10Words in reg. 171(1)(b)(ii) substituted (1.1.2003) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3027), regs. 1, 6(a)
F11Words in reg. 171(3) substituted (1.1.2003) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/3027), regs. 1, 6(b)
F12Reg. 171(5) inserted (1.12.1999) by The Value Added Tax Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3029), regs. 1, 4
F13Words in reg. 171(5) inserted (11.12.2003) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3220), regs. 1(1)(a), 22
F14Reg. 171(6)-(8) inserted (11.12.2003) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/3220), regs. 1(1)(a), 23
Commencement Information
I7Reg. 171 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
172. —
(1) This regulation shall apply for the purpose of ascertaining whether, and to what extent, the consideration is to be taken to have been written off as a bad debt.
[F15(1A) Neither the whole nor any part of the consideration for a supply shall be taken to have been written off in accounts as a bad debt until a period of not less than six months has elapsed from the time when such whole or part first became due and payable to or to the order of the person who made the [F16relevant supply].]
[F17(2) Subject to paragraph (1A) the whole or any part of the consideration for a [F18relevant supply] shall be taken to have been written off as a bad debt when an entry is made in relation to that supply in the refunds for bad debt account in accordance with regulation 168.]
(3) Where the claimant owes an amount of money to the purchaser which can be set off, the consideration written off in the accounts shall be reduced by the amount so owed.
(4) Where the claimant holds in relation to the purchaser an enforceable security, the consideration written off in the accounts of the claimant shall be reduced by the value of that security.
Textual Amendments
F15Reg. 172(1A) added (17.12.1996) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No.5) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2960), regs. 1, 2(a)
F16Words in reg. 172(1A) substituted (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 14(a)
F17Reg. 172(2) substituted (17.12.1996) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No.5) Regulations 1996 (S.I. 1996/2960), regs. 1, 2(b)
F18Words in reg. 172(2) substituted for word (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 14(b)
Commencement Information
I8Reg. 172 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
172A.—(1) This regulation applies where, by virtue of the claimant’s having exercised an option under an order made under section 50A of the Act, the VAT chargeable on the relevant supply is charged by reference to the profit margin.
(2) Where this regulation applies the consideration for the relevant supply which is to be taken to have been written off as a bad debt shall not exceed the relevant amount.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above the relevant amount is—
(a)where either—
(i)no payment has been received in relation to the relevant supply, or
(ii)the total of such payments as have been received does not exceed the non-profit element,
the profit margin; or
(b)where the total of such payments as have been received exceeds the non-profit element, the amount (if any) by which the consideration for the relevant supply exceeds that total.
(4) In paragraph (3) above—
“non-profit element” means the consideration for the relevant supply less the profit margin.
Textual Amendments
F19Regs. 172A, 172B inserted (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 15
172B.—(1) This regulation applies where, by virtue of an order under section 53 of the Act, the value of the relevant supply falls to be determined otherwise than in accordance with section 19 of the Act.
(2) Where this regulation applies the consideration for the relevant supply which is to be taken to have been written off as a bad debt shall not exceed the relevant amount.
(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) above the relevant amount is—
(a)where either—
(i)no payment has been received in relation to the relevant supply, or
(ii)the total of any such payments as have been received does not exceed the non-profit element,
the profit element; or
(b)where the total of such payments as have been received exceeds the non-profit element, the amount (if any) by which the consideration for the relevant supply exceeds that total.
(4) In this regulation—
“non-profit element” means the consideration for the relevant supply less the profit element;
“profit element” means the sum of—
the value of the relevant supply; and
the VAT chargeable on the relevant supply.]
Textual Amendments
F19Regs. 172A, 172B inserted (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 15
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