The Value Added Tax Regulations 1995

The VAT account

32.  —

(1) Every taxable person shall keep and maintain, in accordance with this regulation, an account to be known as the VAT account.

(2) The VAT account shall be divided into separate parts relating to the prescribed accounting periods of the taxable person and each such part shall be further divided into 2 portions to be known as “the VAT payable portion” and “the VAT allowable portion”.

(3) The VAT payable portion for each prescribed accounting period shall comprise—

(a) a total of the output tax due from the taxable person for that period,

(b) a total of the output tax due on acquisitions from other member States by the taxable person for that period,

(c) every correction or adjustment to the VAT payable portion which is required or allowed by regulation 34, 35 or 38, and

(d) every adjustment to the amount of VAT payable by the taxable person for that period which is required, or allowed, by or under any Regulations made under the Act.

(4) The VAT allowable portion for each prescribed period shall comprise—

(a) a total of the input tax allowable to the taxable person for that period by virtue of section 26 of the Act,

(b) a total of the input tax allowable in respect of acquisitions from other member States by the taxable person for that period by virtue of section 26 of the Act,

(c) every correction or adjustment to the VAT allowable portion which is required or allowed by regulation 34, 35 or 38, and

(d) every adjustment to the amount of input tax allowable to the taxable person for that period which is required, or allowed, by or under any Regulations made under the Act.