{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994/schedule-9ZE/paragraph-34",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994/schedule-9ZE/paragraph-34.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/23",
  "legislation_title": "Value Added Tax Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/9ZE/paragraph/34",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding any provision in this Act to the contrary ..., a participant in a special scheme is not required to be registered under this Act by virtue of making qualifying supplies of goods.\n(2) Where a participant in a special scheme (“the scheme participant”) makes relevant supplies, it is to be assumed for all purposes of this Act relating to the determination of—\n(a) whether or not VAT is chargeable under this Act on those supplies,\n(b) how much VAT is chargeable under this Act on those supplies, and\n(c) any other matter that the Commissioners may specify by regulations,\nthat the scheme participant is registered under this Act.\n(3) A supply made by a participant in a special scheme is a “relevant supply” if—\n(a) the value of the supply must be accounted for in a special scheme return, and\n(b) the supply is treated as made in the United Kingdom.\n(4) References in this Schedule to a person being registered under this Act do not include a reference to that person being registered under the IOSS scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 9ZD-9ZF inserted (10.6.2021 for specified purposes, 1.7.2021 for specified purposes, 1.3.2024 for specified purposes, 31.3.2026 in so far as not already in force) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 95(6)(a), Sch. 18 para. 6; S.I. 2021/770, regs. 3, 4 (with regs. 5-7); S.I. 2024/130, regs. 3, 4; S.I. 2026/315, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9ZE para. 34(1) omitted (1.3.2024) by virtue of The Value Added Tax (Distance Selling) (Amendments) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/128), regs. 1(1), 3(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9ZE para. 34(3) substituted (1.12.2021) by The Value Added Tax (Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1164), regs. 1, 12(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 9ZE para. 34(3)(a) substituted (1.12.2021) by The Value Added Tax (Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1164), regs. 1, 12(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 9ZE para. 34(3)(b) substituted (1.12.2021) by The Value Added Tax (Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1164), regs. 1, 12(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/23/schedule/9ZE/paragraph/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:58.510022+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}