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The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/3037 · Made 28 November 1995

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VALUE ADDED TAX

Made 28th November 1995

Laid before the House of Commons 28th November 1995

Coming into force

articles 1 and 2 29th November 1995

article 3 1st January 1996

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraph 15 of Schedule 1 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994f1 hereby make the following Order:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c. 23. Schedules 1 and 3 were varied by S.I.1994/2905.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 1995 and shall come into force on the following dates:

articles 1 and 229th November 1995
article 31st January 1996

2

Schedule 1 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended as follows:

(a)

in paragraphs 1(1)(a), 1(1)(b), 1(2)(a) and 1(2)(b) for “£46,000” there shall be substituted “£47,000”, and

(b)

in paragraphs 1(3), 4(1) and 4(2) for “£44,000” there shall be substituted “£45,000”.

3

Schedule 3 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 shall be amended in paragraphs 1(1), 1(2), 2(1)(a), 2(1)(b) and 2(2) by substituting “£47,000” for “£46,000”.

Signature

Derek Conway

Simon Burns

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

28th November 1995

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

This Order increases the VAT registration limits for taxable supplies and acquisitions from other member States from £46,000 to £47,000, with effect from 29th November 1995, in the case of taxable supplies and 1st January 1996 in the case of acquisitions.

The Order also increases the limit for cancellation of registration in the case of taxable supplies from £44,000 to £45,000 with effect from 29th November 1995, and in the case of acquisitions from £46,000 to £47,000 with effect from 1st January 1996.