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The Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2009

S.I. 2009/1031 · Made 22 April 2009

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Value Added Tax

Made 22nd April 2009

Laid before the House of Commons 22nd April 2009

Coming into force 1st May 2009

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

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1994 c.23.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994
  3. 3Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994
  4. 4Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994
  5. Signature
  6. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Increase of Registration Limits) Order 2009 and comes into force on 1st May 2009.

2Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994

The Value Added Tax Act 1994 is amended in accordance with articles 3 and 4.

3Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994

In Schedule 1 (registration in respect of taxable supplies)—

(a)

in paragraph 1(1)(a) and (b) and (2)(a) and (b), for “£67,000” substitute “£68,000”; and

(b)

in paragraphs 1(3) and 4(1) and (2), for “£65,000” substitute “£66,000”f1.

4Amendment of the Value Added Tax Act 1994

In Schedule 3 (registration in respect of acquisitions from other member states) in paragraphs 1(1) and (2) and 2(1)(a) and (b) and (2), for “£67,000” substitute “£68,000”f1.

Signature

Steve McCabe

Bob Blizzard

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

22nd April 2009

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the VAT registration limits for taxable supplies and for acquisitions from other member States from £67,000 to £68,000, with effect from 1st May 2009.

This Order also increases the limit for cancellation of registration in the case of taxable supplies from £65,000 to £66,000, and in the case of acquisitions from other member States from £67,000 to £68,000, with effect from 1st May 2009.

A full and final Impact Assessment has not been produced for this instrument as a negligible impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.