Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)

Part I U.K. The charge to tax

F1 Importation of goods ... U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 15 cross-heading omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 12 (with Sch. 8 para. 99) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)

[F2 16 Application of customs enactments U.K.

(1) The provision made by or under—

(a) the Customs and Excise Acts 1979 (as defined in the Management Act), and

(b) the other enactments for the time being having effect generally in relation to duties of customs and excise charged by reference to the importation of goods into the United Kingdom,

apply (so far as relevant) in relation to any VAT chargeable on the importation of goods into the United Kingdom as they apply in relation to any duty of customs or excise.

(2) The provision made by section 1(4) for VAT on the importation of goods to be charged and payable as if it were import duty is to be taken as applying, in relation to any VAT chargeable on the importation of the goods, the provision made by or under Part 1 of TCTA 2018.]

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 16 substituted (31.12.2020) by Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 2018 (c. 22), s. 57(3), Sch. 8 para. 13 (with Sch. 8 para. 99) (with savings and transitional provisions in S.I. 2019/105 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 21), S.I. 2020/1545, Pt. 4 and 2020 c. 26, Sch. 2 para. 7(7)-(9)); S.I. 2020/1642, reg. 4(b) (with reg. 7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 16 restricted (31.12.2020) by The Value Added Tax (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1546), regs. 1, 16 (with reg. 15); S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.

C2 S. 16 restricted (31.12.2020) by The Value Added Tax (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1546), regs. 1, 34 (with reg. 33); S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.

C3 S. 16(2) modified (31.12.2020) by The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions, Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1495), regs. 1(2), 4-7; S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.

C4 S. 16(2) modified (31.12.2020) by The Value Added Tax (Accounting Procedures for Import VAT for VAT Registered Persons and Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/60), regs. 1, 3(3) (with reg. 3(1)(2)) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1495, regs. 1(2), 20(3)); S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.

C5 S. 16(2) modified (31.12.2021) by The Customs and Value Added Tax (Managed Transition Procedure) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1375), regs. 1, 5(2)

C6 S. 16(2) restricted (1.4.2022) by S.I. 1995/2518, reg. 121E(6) (as inserted by The Value Added Tax (Enforcement Related to Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/226), regs. 1, 28)