PART VACCOUNTING, PAYMENT AND RECORDS
Adjustments in the course of businessI138
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F3... This regulation applies where—
a
there is an increase in consideration for a supply, or
b
there is a decrease in consideration for a supply,
which includes an amount of VAT and the increase or decrease occurs after the end of the prescribed accounting period in which the original supply took place.
F41A
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F71B
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F81C
Where an increase or decrease in consideration relates to a supply in respect of which it is for the recipient, on the supplier’s behalf, to account for and pay the tax, the prescribed accounting period referred to in paragraph (1) is that of the recipient, and not the maker, of the supply.
But this paragraph does not apply to the circumstances referred to in regulation 38A.
F62
Where this regulation applies, both the taxable person who makes the supply and a taxable person who receives the supply shall adjust their respective VAT accounts in accordance with the provisions of this regulation.
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F5Subject to paragraph (3A) below, the maker of the supply shall—
a
in the case of an increase in consideration, make a positive entry; or
b
in the case of a decrease in consideration, make a negative entry,
for the relevant amount of VAT in the VAT payable portion of his VAT account.
F13A
Where an increase or decrease in consideration relates to a supply on which the VAT has been accounted for and paid by the recipient of the supply, any entry required to be made under paragraph (3) shall be made in the recipient’s VAT account and not that of the supplier.
4
The recipient of the supply, if he is a taxable person, shall—
a
in the case of an increase in consideration, make a positive entry; or
b
in the case of a decrease in consideration, make a negative entry,
for the relevant amount of VAT in the VAT allowable portion of his VAT account.
5
Every entry required by this regulation shall, except where paragraph (6) below applies, be made in that part of the VAT account which relates to the prescribed accounting period in which the increase or decrease is given effect in the business accounts of the F2relevant taxable person.
6
Any entry required by this regulation to be made in the VAT account of an insolvent person shall be made in that part of the VAT account which relates to the prescribed accounting period in which the supply was made or received.
7
None of the circumstances to which this regulation applies is to be regarded as giving rise to any application of regulations 34 and 35.