Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations contain provisions supplementary to the Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) (No. 2) Order 1992 (S.I. 1992/1668). They revoke and replace the Value Added Tax (Payments on Account) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1536). They provide for—

(a)

notification to a taxable person who is required to make payments on account under the Order (regulation 4),

(b)

payment of the excess to a taxable person where the payments on account made in respect of a period exceed the tax due (regulation 5),

(c)

recovery of payments on account (regulation 6), and

(d)

the application of these Regulations in relation to a body corporate whose VAT registration is in the names of divisions under section 31 of the Value Added Tax Act 1983 (regulation 7).