Regulation 191 Method of claimingI1

United Kingdom

—

(1)

A person claiming a repayment of VAT under this Part shall—

(a)

complete in the English language and send to the Commissioners either F1the form specified in a notice published by the Commissioners, or a like form produced by any official authority, containing full information in respect of all the matters specified in the said form and a declaration as therein set out, and

(b)

at the same time furnish—

(i)

a certificate of status issued by the official authority of the F2... country in which the trader is established either on F3the form specified in a notice published by the Commissioners or on a like form produced by the official authority, and

(ii)

such documentary evidence of an entitlement to deduct input tax as may be required of a taxable person claiming a deduction of input tax in accordance with the provisions of regulation 29.

(2)

Where the Commissioners are in possession of a certificate of status issued not more than 12 months before the date of the claim, the claimant shall not be required to furnish a further such certificate.

(3)

The Commissioners shall refuse to accept any document referred to in paragraph (1)(b)(ii) above if it bears an official stamp indicating that it had been furnished in support of an earlier claim.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 191(1)(a) substituted (15.10.2012) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1899), regs. 2(2), 20(a)
F2: Word in reg. 191(1)(b)(i) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1, 75; S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.
F3: Words in reg. 191(1)(b)(i) substituted (15.10.2012) by The Value Added Tax (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1899), regs. 2(2), 20(b)

Commencement

I1: Reg. 191 in force at 20.10.1995, see reg. 1

Notes on Part XXI

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Pt. 21 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Amendments and Revocations) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/59), regs. 1, 72; S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.

Modifications

C1: Pt. 21 applied (31.12.2020) by The Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions, Amendment and Revocation) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1495), regs. 1(2), 12; S.I. 2020/1641, reg. 2, Sch.
C2: Pt. 21 modified (10.6.2021 for specified purposes, 1.7.2021 in so far as not already in force) by 1994 c. 23, Sch. 9ZE para. 41 (as inserted 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))