{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-cars-amendment-order-1997/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-cars-amendment-order-1997/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1615",
  "legislation_title": "The Value Added Tax (Cars) (Amendment) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/value-added-tax-cars-amendment-order-1997",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order, which comes into force on 3rd July 1997, amends the Value Added Tax (Cars) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/3122) (“the principal Order”) as amended by the Value Added Tax (Cars) (Amendment) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1269) and the Value Added Tax (Cars) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/1667).\nArticles 3 and 4 amend article 8 of the principal Order which specifies the circumstances in which a taxable person may opt to account for VAT on the sale of a used motor car on the profit margin (“the margin scheme”) as opposed to the full sale value of the car. Article 3 removes from the qualifying circumstances cars obtained by the taxable person upon the transfer of a going concern (“TOGC”) of a business, or part of a business. Article 4 however preserves the right of the transferee to use the margin scheme for cars obtained under a TOGC if the transferor was qualified to sell them under the margin scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1615/note",
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  "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."
}