[F1Writing off debts—tour operators margin schemeU.K.
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
F1Regs. 172A, 172B inserted (1.5.1997) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 1997 (S.I. 1997/1086), regs. 1, 15