SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Disclosure of value added tax avoidance schemes

Duty to notify Commissioners

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(1)

Paragraph 6 (duty to notify Commissioners) is amended as follows.

(2)

In sub-paragraph (1)—

(a)

omit the word “or” at the end of paragraph (a), and

(b)

after paragraph (b) insert“, or

(c)

the amount of his non-deductible tax in respect of any prescribed accounting period is less than it would be but for such a scheme.”

(3)

After sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(2A)

Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to a taxable person in relation to any scheme if he has on a previous occasion—

(a)

notified the Commissioners under that sub-paragraph in relation to the scheme, or

(b)

provided the Commissioners with prescribed information under sub-paragraph (3) (as it applied before the scheme became a designated scheme) in relation to the scheme.”

(4)

For sub-paragraph (5) substitute—

“(5)

Sub-paragraph (3) also does not apply where the scheme is one in respect of which the taxable person has on a previous occasion provided the Commissioners with prescribed information under that sub-paragraph.”

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In paragraph 7 (exemptions from duty to notify) in the definition of “relevant period” in sub-paragraph (9) for “6(1)(a) or (b)” substitute “ 6(1)(a), (b) or (c) ”.