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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 to the claimant 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).
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 165 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
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.
(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.
Commencement Information
I2Reg. 166 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
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, and
(d)the prescribed accounting period in which the claim was made.
(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”.
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) 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.
Commencement Information
I6Reg. 170 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
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 regulation 170, 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 or 170 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.
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.
(2) The whole or any part of the consideration for a 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 debts account in accordance with regulation 168; and this shall have effect regardless of whether a claim can be made in relation to that supply at that time.
(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.
Commencement Information
I8Reg. 172 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1
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