2020 No. 1333 (C. 38)

Exiting The European Union
Value Added Tax

The Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Information Relating to VAT Registration) (Appointed Day) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Made

The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52 of the Taxation (Cross-border Trade) Act 20181 and regulation 1 of the Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Information Relating to VAT Registration) (EU Exit) Regulations 20182.

Citation1

These Regulations may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Information Relating to VAT Registration) (Appointed Day) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020.

Appointed Day2

1st December 2020 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Information Relating to VAT Registration) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018.

Michael TomlinsonJames MorrisTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations appoint 1st December 2020 as the day on which the Value Added Tax (Disclosure of Information Relating to VAT Registration) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1228) (“the 2018 Regulations”) come into force. The 2018 Regulations make provision allowing HMRC Commissioners to disclose information to a person who makes an enquiry as to whether a number is a VAT registration number allocated to a person registered in the United Kingdom’s VAT register.

A Tax Information and Impact Note has not been prepared for this instrument as it contains no substantive changes to tax policy and it is an Appointed Day instrument.