Imports & Exports (Non-EU)

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VALUE -ADDED TAX CONSOLIDATION ACT

Part 7 Provisions Relating to Imports, Exports, etc. (ss. 53-58)

53.

Imports – general provisions.

(1)The value of imported goods for the purposes of this section and section 54 shall be their value determined in accordance with the acts for the time being in force adopted by the institutions of the Community relating to the valuation of goods for customs purposes, modified by the substitution of references to the territory of the State for references to the customs territory of the Community, together with any taxes, duties, expenses resulting from the transport of the goods to another place of destination within the Community (if that destination is known at the time of the importation) and other charges levied either outside or, by reason of importation, within the State (other than value-added tax) on the goods and not included in the determination.

(2)With effect from 1 January 2011, where the importation of goods is followed by a supply or transfer of those goods to a person registered for value-added tax in another Member State, paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 applies only if the person who imports those goods (in this subsection referred to as the “importer”) –

(a)at the time of importation declares the following information:

(i)the importer’s registration number;

(ii)the identification number (referred to in the definition in section 2(1) of “person registered for value-added tax”) of the person to whom the goods are supplied or transferred;

and

(b)provides evidence, if so requested by the Revenue Commissioners, that the imported goods are to be transported or dispatched from the State to another Member State.

(3)Subject to subsection (1) and sections 53A and 54, the Customs Acts shall apply to tax referred to in this section or section 54 or 120(7)(b) or (c) as if it were a duty of customs, with such exceptions and modifications (if any) as may be specified in regulations.

53A. Postponed accounting
(1)Notwithstanding section 53(3) but subject to subsection (4), an accountable person may account for the tax chargeable under section 3(b) on goods imported into the State by the person in the return to be furnished by the person, under section 76 or 77, in respect of the taxable period in which the tax has become so chargeable.

(2)Where –

(a)in accordance with subsection (1), goods have been imported by an accountable person without payment of the tax chargeable on the importation of the goods, and

(b)the tax is not accounted for in a return furnished by the accountable person under section 76 or 77 in respect of the taxable period in which the tax has become so chargeable,

the tax chargeable in respect of the importation of the goods shall become due as if this section did not apply.

(3)Where the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that –

(a)an accountable person no longer complies with one or more of the requirements specified in regulations made under section 120(7)(aa)(i), or

(b)one or more conditions or restrictions, imposed by regulations made under section 120(7)(aa)(ii) as respects the accounting by an accountable person for tax by the means referred to in subsection (1), are no longer satisfied or are no longer being observed,

then subsection (4) applies.

(4)Where this subsection applies, the Revenue Commissioners shall serve a notice in writing (a ‘notice of exclusion’) on the accountable person stating that the person is, from a date specified in the notice, excluded from accounting for tax by the means referred to in subsection (1) and if such a notice is served on that person then the means referred to in subsection (1) for accounting for tax shall, from the date specified in the notice, not be available to that person.

(5)Where a notice of exclusion is served on a person under subsection (4), the person may appeal the notice to the Appeal Commissioners in accordance with section 949I of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, within the period of 30 days after the date of the notice.

54.

Remission or repayment of tax on certain imported goods.

(1)The Revenue Commissioners may, in accordance with regulations, remit or repay, if they think fit, the whole or part of the tax chargeable –

(a)on the importation of any goods which are shown to their satisfaction to have been previously exported,

(b)on the importation of any goods if they are satisfied that the goods have been or are to be re-exported,

(c)on the importation of any goods from the customs-free airport by an unregistered person who shows to the satisfaction of the Commissioners that he or she has already borne tax on the goods.

(2)Subject to subsection (3), the Revenue Commissioners shall, in accordance with regulations, repay the tax chargeable on the importation of goods where the goods have been dispatched or transported –

(a)to another Member State from outside the Community, and

(b)to a person (other than an individual) who is not registered for value-added tax in that other Member State.

(3)Subsection (2) shall apply only where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners that the goods in question have been subject to value-added tax referred to in the VAT Directive in that other Member State.

55.

Goods in transit – miscellaneous provisions.

(1)

(a)In this section –

“date of accession” means –
(i)1 January 1995 in respect of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland (excluding the Åland Islands) and the Kingdom of Sweden
(ii)1 May 2004 in respect of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic
(iii)1 January 2007 in respect of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania
(iv)1 July 2013 in respect of the Republic of Croatia;

“enlarged Community” means the Community after the accession of the new Member States;

“new Member State” means any state referred to in the definition of “date of accession” with effect from the relevant date.

(b)A word or expression that is used in this section and is also used in Council Directive No. 94/76/EC of 22 December 1994 , has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning in this section that it has in that Council Directive.

(2)Where –

(a)goods from a new Member State were imported into the State before the date of accession,

(b)the tax referred to in section 3(b) was not chargeable because the goods were, at the time of such importation, placed –

(i)under an arrangement for temporary importation with total exemption from customs duty, or

(ii)under one of the arrangements referred to in Article 156(1) of the VAT Directive,

and

(c)the goods are still subject to such an arrangement on the date of accession,

then the provisions in force at the time the goods were placed under that arrangement shall continue to apply until the goods leave that arrangement on or after the date of accession.

(3)

(a)In this subsection “common transit procedure” means the procedure approved by the Council of the European Communities by Council Decision No. 87/415/EEC of 15 June 1987 [OJ No. L 226, 13.8.87, p. 1], approving the Convention done at Interlaken on the 20th day of May, 1987, between the European Community, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the Swiss Confederation on a common transit procedure, the text of which is attached to that Council Decision.

(b)Where –

(i)goods were placed under the common transit procedure or under another customs transit procedure in a new Member State before the date of accession, and

(ii)those goods have not left the procedure concerned before the date of accession,

then the provisions in force at the time the goods were placed under that procedure shall continue to apply until the goods leave that procedure on or after the date of accession.

(4)Where goods were in free circulation in a new Member State prior to entry into the State, an importation into the State shall be deemed to occur in the following cases:

(a)the removal (including irregular removal) within the State of the goods referred to in subsection (2) from the arrangement referred to in subsection (2)(b)(i);

(b)the removal (including irregular removal) within the State of the goods referred to in subsection (2) from the arrangement referred to in subsection (2)(b)(ii);

(c)the termination within the State of any of the procedures referred to in subsection (3).

(5)An importation into the State shall be deemed to occur when goods, which were supplied within a new Member State before the date of accession, and which were not chargeable to a value-added tax in that new Member State, because of their exportation from that new Member State, are used in the State on or after the date of accession, and have not been imported before that date.

(6)The tax referred to in section 3(b) shall not be chargeable where –

(a)the imported goods referred to in subsections (4) and (5) are dispatched or transported outside the enlarged Community,

(b)the imported goods referred to in subsection (4)(a) are other than means of transport and are being returned to the new Member State from which they were exported and to the person who exported them, or

(c)the imported goods referred to in subsection (4)(a) are means of transport which were acquired in or imported into a new Member State before the date of accession in accordance with the general conditions of taxation in force on the domestic market of that new Member State and which have not been subject by reason of their exportation to any exemption from or refund of a value-added tax in that new Member State.

(7)Subsection (6)(c) shall be deemed to be complied with where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners that –

(a)the date of the first use of the means of transport was before 1 January 1987 in the case of means of transport entering the State from the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland (excluding the Åland Islands) or the Kingdom of Sweden,

(b)the date of the first use of the means of transport was before 1 May 1996 in the case of means of transport entering the State from the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia or the Slovak Republic,

(c)the date of the first use of the means of transport was before 1 January 1999 in the case of means of transport entering the State from the Republic of Bulgaria or Romania,

(ca)the date of the first use of the means of transport was before 1 July 2005 in the case of means of transport entering the State from the Republic of Croatia, or

(d)the tax due by reason of the importation does not exceed €130.

56.

Zero-rating scheme for qualifying businesses.

(1)For the purposes of this section and paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 2 –

“authorised person” means a qualifying person who has been authorised in accordance with subsection (3);

“qualifying person” means an accountable person whose turnover from –
(a)supplies of goods made in accordance with paragraph 1(1) or 3(1) or (3) of Schedule 2
(b)supplies of contract work where the place of supply is deemed to be a Member State other than the State, and
(c)supplies of contract work made in accordance with paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 2
amounts to 75 per cent or more of the person’s total turnover from supplying goods and services for the period of 12 months immediately preceding the making of an application for authorisation under subsection (2), except that turnover from goods supplied to an accountable person that are subsequently leased back from that person are excluded from the total turnover for the purpose of determining whether the accountable person is a qualifying person;

“qualifying goods” means all taxable goods excluding motor vehicles within the meaning of section 60(1) and petrol;

“qualifying services” means all taxable services excluding the provision of food or drink, accommodation, other personal services, entertainment services or the hire of motor vehicles within the meaning of section 60(1).

(2)A person who wishes to become an authorised person shall –

(a)complete such application form as may be provided by the Revenue Commissioners for that purpose,

(aa)provide in the application form the particulars specified in such regulations as may be made under section 120(7)(ab),

(b)certify the particulars shown on such form to be correct, and

(c)submit to the Revenue Commissioners the completed and certified application form, together with such further information in support of the application as may be requested by them.

(3)

(a)The Revenue Commissioners shall, subject to paragraph (ab), issue to a person, who has made an application under subsection (2), an authorisation in writing where they are satisfied that –

(i)there is no risk to revenue, and

(ii)the person –

(I)is a qualifying person, and

(II)has furnished the particulars, duly certified, as required under subsection (2),

and if not so satisfied shall refuse to issue the authorisation.

(aa)Where the Revenue Commissioners decide under paragraph (a) to refuse to issue an authorisation, they shall give notice in writing tothe person concerned of the decision and the reasons for that decision.

(ab)An authorisation issued under paragraph (a) shall be subject to the conditions that the authorised person, during the period for which the authorisation is valid, shall –

(i)keep full and true records in accordance with section 84, and

(ii)comply with the provisions of –

(I)this Act,

(II)the Tax Acts (within the meaning of section 1 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997),

(III)the Capital Gains Tax Acts (within the meaning of section 1 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997),

(IV)the statutes relating to the duties of excise and to the management of those duties,

(V)the Customs Act 2015, and

(VI)any instrument made under any of the enactments referred toin clauses (I) to (V).

(b)An authorisation issued in accordance with paragraph (a) shall be valid for such period as may be determined by the Revenue Commissioners.

(c)Where a person who has been authorised in accordance with paragraph (a) ceases to be a qualifying person, he or she shall, by notice in writing, advise the Revenue Commissioners accordingly not later than the end of the taxable period during which he or she ceased to be a qualifying person.

(ca)An authorised person shall, by notice in writing, advise the Revenue Commissioners immediately of any change in the particulars referred to in subsection (2)(aa).

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(3A)

(a)The Revenue Commissioners shall, by notice in writing, cancel an authorisation issued to a person in accordance with subsection (3) where they are satisfied that –

(i)the person is no longer a qualifying person,

(ii)the person has furnished, or there is furnished on his or her behalf, when making an application under subsection (2) for authorisation, particulars which are, in a material respect, false, incorrect or misleading, or

(iii)the person has failed or is failing to comply with all or any of the conditions set out in subsection (3)(ab).

(b)A cancellation under paragraph (a) shall take effect –

(i)if no appeal is brought under subsection (10), on the date specified in the notice given under paragraph (a), or

(ii)if an appeal is brought under subsection (10), on the date on which the appeal has been finally determined or is withdrawn or abandoned.

(3B)Where –

(a)a person’s authorisation is cancelled under subsection (3A), and

(b)it appears to be requisite to the Revenue Commissioners to do so for the protection of the revenue,

the Revenue Commissioners may, notwithstanding any obligations as to secrecy, or other restriction upon disclosure of information imposed on them by any enactment or otherwise –

(i)inform the suppliers to the person to whom the authorisation relates, in so far as is practicable, of –

(I)the cancellation of that person’s authorisation,

(II)the number of the authorisation so cancelled,

(III)the date from which the cancellation has effect, and

(IV)the name and address of the person to whom the authorisation issued,

(ii)publish in Iris Oifigiúil a notice stating –

(I)that the authorisation has been cancelled,

(II)the number of the authorisation so cancelled,

(III)the date from which the cancellation has effect, and

(IV)the name and address of the person to whom the authorisation issued,

and

(iii)make publicly available the information which has been published in accordance with subparagraph (ii) in any other publication and in any manner, form, format or media.

(4)An authorised person shall furnish a copy of the authorisation referred to in subsection (3) to each accountable person in the State who supplies taxable goods or taxable services to the authorised person.

(5)An accountable person who supplies goods or services in circumstances where paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 2 applies shall, in addition to the details to be included on each invoice, credit note or other document required to be issued in accordance with Chapter 2 of Part 9, include on that invoice, credit note or other document a reference to the number of the authorisation issued to the authorised person in accordance with subsection (3).

(6)In relation to each consignment of goods to be imported by an authorised person at the rate specified in section 46(1)(b) by virtue of paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 2 the following conditions shall be complied with:

(a)a copy of the authorisation referred to in subsection (3) shall be produced with the relevant customs entry; and

(b)the relevant customs entry shall incorporate –

(i)a declaration by the authorised person, or by his or her representative duly authorised in writing for that purpose, that he or she is an authorised person in accordance with this section for the purposes of paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 2, and

(ii)a claim for importation at the rate specified in section 46(1)(b).

(7)For the purposes of section 93(1)(c)(ii), the tax charged at the rate specified in section 46(1)(b) by virtue of paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 2 shall be deemed to be tax which is deductible under Chapter 1 of Part 8.

(8)Where an authorised person is in receipt of a service in respect of which, had paragraph 7(7) of Schedule 2 not applied, tax would have been chargeable at a rate other than the rate specified in section 46(1)(b) and all or part of such tax would not have been deductible by the authorised person under Chapter 1 of Part 8, then that authorised person shall, in relation to such service, be liable to pay tax as if he or she had supplied the service for consideration in the course or furtherance of his or her business to a person who is not an authorised person.

(9)For the purposes of this section, and subject to the direction and control of the Revenue Commissioners, any power, function or duty conferred or imposed on them may be exercised or performed on their behalf by an officer of the Revenue Commissioners.

(10)Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Revenue Commissioners in relation to –

(a)the refusal under subsection (3)(a) to issue an authorisation, or

(b)the cancellation of an authorisation under subsection (3A),

may appeal the decision to the Appeal Commissioners, in accordance with section 949I of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, within the period of 30 days after the date of the notice of that decision.

57.

Remission of tax on goods exported, etc.

(1)Regulations may make provision for remitting or repaying, subject to such conditions (if any) as may be specified in the regulations or as the Revenue Commissioners may impose, the tax chargeable in respect of the supply of goods, or of such goods as may be specified in the regulations, in cases where the Commissioners are satisfied that the goods have been or are to be exported.

(2)Regulations may make provision for remitting or repaying, subject to such conditions (if any) as may be specified in the regulations or as the Revenue Commissioners may impose, the tax chargeable in respect of the supply of services directly linked to the export of goods or the transit of goods from a place outside the State to another place outside the State.

58. Retail export scheme.
(1)In this section –

“traveller” means a person whose domicile or habitual residence is not situated within the Community;

“traveller’s qualifying goods” means goods (other than goods transported by the traveller for the equipping, fuelling and provisioning of pleasure boats, private aircraft or other means of transport for private use) which are supplied within the State to a traveller and which are exported by or on behalf of that traveller by the last day of the 3rd month following the month in which the supply takes place;

“VAT refunding agent” means a person who supplies services which consist of the procurement of a zero-rating (within the meaning of subsection (2)) or repayment of tax in relation to supplies of a traveller’s qualifying goods.

(2)The Revenue Commissioners shall, subject to and in accordance with regulations (if any), allow the application of section 46(1)(b) (in this section referred to as “zero-rating”) to –

(a)the supply of a traveller’s qualifying goods, where the total value ofthat supply of goods, including tax, is more than €75, and

(b)the supply of services by a VAT refunding agent consisting of the service of repaying the tax claimed by a traveller in relation to the supply of a traveller’s qualifying goods or the procurement of the zero-rating of the supply of a traveller’s qualifying goods,

where they are satisfied that the supplier of the goods or services, as the case may be –

(i)has at the time of the supply of the goods taken all reasonable steps to confirm that the purchaser is a traveller as defined in this section,

(ii)has proof that the goods were exported by or on behalf of the traveller by the last day of the 3rd month following the month in which the supply takes place,

(iii)has proof that, where an amount of tax has been charged to the traveller in respect of a supply of goods covered by paragraph (ii), that the amount to be repaid to the traveller has been repaid to that traveller no later than the 25th working day following receipt by the supplier of the traveller’s claim to repayment,

(iiia)has, in respect of a traveller whose domicile or habitual residence is in the United Kingdom, proof that –

(I)the goods have been imported into the United Kingdom by or on behalf of the traveller, and

(II)value-added tax and duties of customs and excise, chargeable by virtue of the law of the United Kingdom, have been paid on the importation of those goods,

(iv)notifies the traveller in writing of any amount (including the mark-up) charged by the supplier for procuring the repayment of the amount claimed or arranging for the zero-rating of the supply and where an amount so notified is expressed in terms of a percentage or a fraction, such percentage or fraction shall relate to the tax remitted or repayable under this subsection,

(v)uses, as the exchange rate in respect of moneys being repaid to a traveller in a currency other than the currency of the State –

(I)unless subparagraph (II) applies, the latest selling rate recorded by the Central Bank of Ireland for the currency in question at the time of the repayment,

(II)if there is an agreement with the Revenue Commissioners for a method to be used in determining the exchange rate, the exchange rate obtained using that method,

and

(vi)has made known to the traveller such details concerning the transaction as may be specified in regulations.

(3)Regulations may make provision for the authorisation, subject to certain conditions, of accountable persons or a class of accountable persons for the purposes of zero-rating of the supply of a traveller’s qualifying goods or to operate as a VAT refunding agent in the handling of a repayment of tax on the supply of a traveller’s qualifying goods and such regulations may provide for the cancellation of such authorisation and matters consequential to such cancellation.

(4)A VAT refunding agent acting as such may, in accordance with regulations, treat the tax charged to the traveller on the supply of that traveller’s qualifying goods as tax that is deductible by the agent in accordance with section 59(2) provided that that agent fulfils the conditions set out in subsection (2) in respect of that supply.

(5)Where, in relation to a supply of goods, any of the conditions of paragraphs (i) to (vi) of subsection (2) are not complied with or are not complied with within the time limits specified in those paragraphs, where applicable, then –

(a)that supply is not a supply of traveller’s qualifying goods, and

(b)zero-rating is not applicable to the supply of services by a VAT refunding agent (if any) in respect of those goods.

(6)For the purposes of this section, and subject to the direction and control of the Revenue Commissioners, any power, function or duty conferred or imposed on them may be exercised or performed on their behalf by an officer of the Revenue Commissioners.

91.

Electronic services scheme.

(1)In this section –

“electronic services scheme” means the special arrangements for the taxation of electronically supplied services provided for in Articles 358 to 369 of the VAT Directive

“EU value-added tax” means value-added tax referred to in the VAT Directive and includes tax within the meaning of section 2;

“identified person” has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (5);

“Member State of consumption” means the Member State in which the supply of the electronic services takes place according to Article 58 of the VAT Directive;

“Member State of identification” means the Member State which the non-established person chooses to contact to state when his or her activity within the Community commences in accordance with the provisions of the electronic services scheme;

“national tax number” means a number (whether consisting of either or both numbers and letters) assigned to a non-established person by his or her own national taxation authorities;

“non-established person” means a person who has his or her establishment outside the Community and has not also an establishment in the Community and who is not otherwise required to be a person registered for value-added tax within the meaning of section 2;

“scheme participant” means a non-established person who supplies electronic services into the Community and who opts to use the electronic services scheme in any Member State;

“VAT return” means the statement containing the information necessary to establish the amount of EU value-added tax that has become chargeable in each Member State under the electronic services scheme.

(2)Subject to and in accordance with this section, a non-established person may opt to apply the electronic services scheme to his or her supplies of electronic services to non-taxable persons within the Community.

(3)The Revenue Commissioners shall set up and maintain a register (referred to in this section as an “identification register”) of non-established persons who are identified in the State for the purposes of the electronic services scheme.

(4)A non-established person who opts to be identified in the State for the purposes of the electronic services scheme shall inform the Revenue Commissioners, by electronic means in a manner specified by them, when his or her taxable activity commences and shall, at the same time, furnish them electronically with the following information:

(a)the person’s name and postal address;

(b)his or her electronic addresses, including website addresses;

(c)his or her national tax number (if any); and

(d)a statement that the person is not a person registered, or otherwise identified, for value-added tax purposes within the Community.

(5)

(a)Where a person has furnished the particulars required under subsection (4), the Revenue Commissioners shall –

(i)register that person in accordance with subsection (3),

(ii)allocate to that person an identification number, and

(iii)notify that person electronically of that identification number.

(b)For the purposes of this section, a person to whom such an identification number has been allocated shall be referred to as an “identified person”.

(6)

(a)Subject to paragraph (b), an identified person shall, within 20 days immediately following the end of each calendar quarter –

(i)furnish by electronic means to the Revenue Commissioners a VAT return, prepared in accordance with, and containing such particulars as are specified in, subsection (7), in respect of supplies made in the Community in that quarter, and

(ii)remit to the Revenue Commissioners, at the same time as so furnishing such return, into a bank account designated by them and denominated in euro, the amount of EU value-added tax (if any) payable by that person in respect of that quarter in relation to –

(I)supplies made in the State in accordance with section 34(l), and

(II)supplies made in other Member States in accordance with the provisions implementing Article 58 of the VAT Directive in such other Member States.

(b)Where an identified person has not made any such electronic supplies to non-taxable persons into the Community within a calendar quarter, he or she shall furnish a nil VAT return in respect of that quarter.

(7)The VAT return referred to in subsection (6) shall be made in euro and shall contain –

(a)the person’s identification number,

(b)for each Member State of consumption where EU value-added tax has become due –

(i)the total value, exclusive of EU value-added tax, of supplies of electronic services for the quarter,

(ii)the amount of such value liable to EU value-added tax at the applicable rate, and

(iii)the amount of EU value-added tax corresponding to such value at the applicable rate,

and

(c)the total EU value-added tax due (if any).

(8)Notwithstanding section 37(4), where supplies have been made using a currency other than the euro, the exchange rate to be used for the purposes of expressing the corresponding amount in euro on the VAT return shall be that published by the European Central Bank for the last date of the calendar quarter for which the VAT return relates or, if there is no publication on that date, on the next day of publication.

(9)Notwithstanding Chapter 1 of Part 8, a scheme participant who supplies services which are deemed in accordance with section 34(l) to be supplied in the State –

(a)shall not, in computing the amount of tax payable by him or her in respect of such supplies, be entitled to deduct any tax borne or paid in relation to those supplies, but

(b)shall be entitled to claim a refund of such tax in accordance with, and using the rules applicable to, Council Directive No. 86/560/EEC of 17 November 1986 , notwithstanding Articles 2(2), 2(3) and 4(2) of that Directive.

(10)A scheme participant who supplies services which are deemed in accordance with section 34(l) to be supplied in the State shall be deemed to have fulfilled his or her obligations under Chapters 1, 3 and 7 of Part 9 if such participant has accounted in full in respect of such supplies in any Member State under the provisions of the electronic services scheme.

(11)For the purposes of this Act, a VAT return required to be furnished in accordance with the electronic services scheme shall, in so far as it relates to supplies made in accordance with section 34(l), be treated, with any necessary modifications, as if it were a return required to be furnished in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 9.

(12)

(a)An identified person shall –

(i)keep full and true records of all transactions covered by the electronic services scheme which affect his or her liability to EU value-added tax,

(ii)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the Revenue Commissioners,

(iii)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to all Member States of consumption, and

(iv)notwithstanding Chapter 7 of Part 9, retain such records for each transaction for a period of 10 years from the end of the year when that transaction occurred.

(b)A scheme participant who is deemed to supply services in the State in accordance with section 34(l) shall be bound by the requirements of subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iv) in relation to such supplies.

(13)An identified person shall notify the Revenue Commissioners electronically –

(a)of any changes in the information submitted under subsection (4), and

(b)if his or her taxable activity ceases or changes to the extent that he or she no longer qualifies for the electronic services scheme.

(14)The Revenue Commissioners shall exclude an identified person from the identification register if –

(a)they have reasonable grounds to believe that the person’s taxable activities have ended, or

(b)the identified person –

(i)notifies the Commissioners that he or she no longer supplies electronic services,

(ii)no longer fulfils the requirements necessary to be allowed to use the electronic services scheme, or

(iii)persistently fails to comply with the provisions of the electronic services scheme.

(15)The Revenue Commissioners may make regulations as necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the electronic services scheme.

(16)This section shall not apply to electronic services supplied on or after 1 January 2015.

Chapter 2

Special schemes for taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons, making intra-Community distance sales of goods, making certain domestic supplies of goods or importing goods (ss. 91A-91K)

91A.

Definitions.

In this Chapter –

“broadcasting services” means either or both radio and television broadcasting services;

“EU value-added tax” means value-added tax referred to in the VAT Directive and includes tax within the meaning of section 2;

“identified person” has the meaning assigned to it by section 91B(4) or 91D(4), as the case may be;

“Implementing Regulation” means Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 282/2011 of 15 March 2011 [OJ No. L77, 23.3.2011, p.1] (as amended by Council Regulation (EU) 967/2012 of 9 October 2012 [OJ No. L290, 20.10.2012, p.1], Council Regulation (EU) 2019/2026 of 21 November 2019 [OJ No. L313, 4.12.2019, p. 14] and Council Regulation (EU) 2020/1112 of 20 July 2020 [OJ No. L244, 29.7.2020, p. 9] );

“import scheme” means the scheme for the payment of value-added tax provided for in sections 91I to 91K;

“intrinsic value” has the same meaning as it has in Article 1(48) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 [OJ No. L343, 29.12.2015, p. 1];

“Member State of consumption” means –
(a)in the case of the non-Union scheme, the Member State in which the supply of scheme services is deemed to take place according to Chapter 3 of Title V of the VAT Directive, and
(b)in the case of the Union scheme –
(i)in respect of the supply of scheme services, the Member State in which the supply is deemed to take place according to Chapter 3 of Title V of the VAT Directive,
(ii)in respect of the intra-Community distance sales of goods, the Member State where the dispatch or transport to the consumer ends, and
(iii)in respect of the supply of goods made by a taxable person facilitating those supplies in accordance with section 91G(1)(b), and where the dispatch or transport of the goods supplied begins and ends in the same Member State, that Member State;

“Member State of identification” means –
(a)in the case of the non-Union scheme, the Member State in which the taxable person applies to be identified for the purposes of that scheme, and
(b)in the case of the Union scheme –
(i)the Member State in which the taxable person has established his or her business,
(ii)where the taxable person has not established his or her business in the Community, but has a fixed establishment in the Community, the Member State in which he or she has that fixed establishment,
(iii)where the taxable person has not established his or her business in the Community and has no fixed establishment in the Community, the Member State in which the dispatch or transport of the goods begins,
(iv)where the taxable person has not established his or her business in the Community, and has more than one fixed establishment in the Community, the Member State in which he or she has a fixed establishment and which he or she has chosen to be the Member State of identification for the purposes of the Union scheme, or
(v)where the taxable person has not established his or her business in the Community and has no fixed establishment in the Community, and there is more than one Member State in which the dispatch or transport of the goods begins, the Member State in which the dispatch or transport of the goods begins which he or she has chosen to be the Member State of identification for the purposes of the Union scheme;

“national tax number” means a number (whether consisting of either or both numbers and letters) assigned to a taxable person who has not established his or her place of business in the Community by the person’s own national taxation authority;

“non-Union scheme” means the scheme for scheme services supplied by a taxable person whose business is not established in the Community, and who has no fixed establishment in the Community;

“qualifying domestic supplies of goods” means supplies of goods facilitated through the use of an electronic interface such as a marketplace, platform, portal or similar means in accordance with Article 14a(2) of the VAT Directive where the dispatch or transport of those goods begins and ends in the same Member State;

“scheme services” means services supplied to non-taxable persons within the Community;

“taxable person not established within the Community” means a taxable person who has not established his or her business in the Community and who has no fixed establishment there;

“taxable person not established in the Member State of consumption” means a taxable person who has established his or her business in the Community or who has a fixed establishment there but who has not established his or her business, and has no fixed establishment, within the territory of the Member State of consumption;

“Union scheme” means the scheme for –
(a)scheme services, supplied by a taxable person whose business is established in the Community or who has a fixed establishment in the Community but whose business is not established in, and who has no fixed establishment in, the Member State of consumption,
(b)intra-Community distance sales of goods, and
(c)qualifying domestic supplies of goods;

“VAT return” means the statement containing the information necessary to establish the amount of EU value-added tax that has become chargeable in each Member State in respect of the following supplies within the scope of the Union or non-Union scheme, as the case may be, made during a calendar quarter:
(a)supplies of scheme services;
(b)intra-Community distance sales of goods;
(c)qualifying domestic supplies of goods.

91B. Non-Union scheme (where the State is Member State of identification).
(1)

(a)A taxable person may opt to apply the non-Union scheme to his or her supplies of scheme services within the Community, provided that the taxable person –

(i)makes or intends to make supplies of scheme services in the course or furtherance of business, and

(ii)has not established his or her business in the Community and has no fixed establishment in the Community.

(b)A taxable person may not be registered in the State for the purposes of the non-Union scheme if he or she –

(i)is already identified in another Member State for the purposes of the non-Union scheme, or

(ii)is excluded from applying the non-Union scheme by Article 363 of the VAT Directive or Article 58 of the Implementing Regulation.

(2)The Revenue Commissioners shall establish and maintain a register (in this section referred to as the “identification register”) of persons who are identified in the State for the purposes of the non-Union scheme.

(3)A person who opts to be identified in the State for the purposes of the non-Union scheme shall notify the Revenue Commissioners by electronic means using such form as is made available by the Commissioners for that purpose, and shall, at the same time, provide them by electronic means with the following details:

(a)the person’s name and postal address;

(b)his or her electronic addresses, including website addresses;

(c)his or her national tax number (if any);

(d)the date when his or her supplies of scheme services shall commence or have commenced;

(e)any previous registrations in any other Member State under the provisions of the non-Union scheme in that Member State, and

(f)a statement that the person has not established his or her business in the Community and has no fixed establishment in the Community.

(4)

(a)Where a person has provided the details required under subsection (3) and the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that the requirements for registration for the purposes of the non-Union scheme are met they shall –

(i)register that person in the identification register,

(ii)allocate to that person an identification number, and

(iii)notify that person by electronic means of the identification number and the date from which the registration takes effect.

(b)For the purposes of this section, a person to whom such an identification number has been allocated under paragraph (a)(ii) shall be referred to as an “identified person”.

(5)An identified person shall notify the Revenue Commissioners by electronic means of the following:

(a)any changes in the details provided under subsection (3);

(b)if his or her taxable activity ceases or changes to the extent that he or she no longer satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (1)(a);

(c)if he or she wishes to de-register from the non-Union scheme.

(6)The Revenue Commissioners shall remove an identified person from the identification register if –

(a)they have reasonable grounds to believe that the identified person’s taxable activities have ceased,

(b)the identified person has, in accordance with Article 58b of the Implementing Regulation, persistently failed to comply with the rules relating to the non-Union scheme, or

(c)the identified person notifies the Commissioners under subsection (5)(b) or (c).

(7)

(a)Subject to paragraph (b), an identified person shall by the end of the month immediately following the end of each calendar quarter –

(i)furnish to the Revenue Commissioners a VAT return, by electronic means using such form as is made available by the Commissioners for the purposes of the non-Union scheme and prepared in accordance with, and containing such particulars as are specified in, subsection (8), in respect of supplies of scheme services made in the Community in that quarter, and

(ii)remit to the Revenue Commissioners, at the same time as furnishing such VAT return, into a bank account designated by them and denominated in euro, the amount of EU value-added tax, if any, payable by that person in respect of that quarter in relation to –

(I)supplies of scheme services made in the State in accordance with Chapters 3 and 4 of Part 4, and

(II)supplies of scheme services made in other Member States in accordance with the provisions implementing Article 58 of the VAT Directive.

(b)Where an identified person has not made any such supplies of scheme services during a calendar quarter, he or she shall furnish a nil VAT return in respect of that quarter.

(8)The VAT return referred to in subsection (7) shall be made in euro and shall contain –

(a)the person’s identification number,

(b)for each Member State where EU value-added tax has become due in respect of supplies of scheme services –

(i)the total value, exclusive of EU value-added tax, of supplies of scheme services made during the calendar quarter,

(ii)the amount of such value liable to EU value-added tax at the applicable rate or rates, and

(iii)the amount of EU value-added tax corresponding to such value at the applicable rate or rates,

and

(c)the total EU value-added tax due, if any.

(9)Where supplies have been made using a currency other than the euro, the exchange rate to be used for the purpose of expressing the corresponding amount in euro on the VAT return shall be that published by the European Central Bank for the last day of the calendar quarter to which the VAT return relates or, if there is no publication on that date, on the next date of publication.

(10)An identified person shall not make any deduction of tax in the VAT return, or make any adjustment to the amounts therein, in relation to any value-added tax incurred by him or her in the Community.

(10A)Notwithstanding subsection (10), where an identified person is required to be registered in the State under section 65 in respect of activities other than those undertaken under the non-Union scheme, any deduction made in accordance with section 59 shall include the tax charged in respect of all taxable activities covered by this scheme.

(11)

(a)Without prejudice to the provisions of section 99, where corrections to a VAT return (‘the initial return’) are required after it has been submitted, the corrections shall be included in a subsequent VAT return submitted by electronic means within 3 years from the date on which the initial return was required to be submitted in accordance with subsection (7).

(b)The correction to the VAT return referred to in paragraph (a) shall contain –

(i)the Member State of consumption to which the scheme services are supplied,

(ii)the calendar quarter to which the correction relates, and

(iii)the amount of value-added tax for which any corrections are required.

(12)Where, on the 10th day following the due date for submission of the VAT return in accordance with subsection (7)(a), the return has not been submitted, the Revenue Commissioners shall issue a reminder by electronic means to the identified person.

(13)Where a VAT return has been submitted but no payment or only partial payment has been made, the Revenue Commissioners shall issue a reminder by electronic means to the identified person on the 10th day following the due date for payment of the EU value-added tax in accordance with subsection (7)(a).

(14)An identified person shall –

(a)keep records of all transactions covered by the non-Union scheme and those records shall be sufficiently detailed, in accordance with Article 63c of the Implementing Regulation, to enable the Member State of consumption to verify that the VAT return is correct,

(b)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the Revenue Commissioners,

(c)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the relevant Member State of consumption, and

(d)notwithstanding section 84, retain such records for each transaction until the expiry of a period of 10 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction was carried out.

91C.

Non-Union scheme (where the State is Member State of consumption).

(1)A person who –

(a)is an identified person within the meaning of section 91B, or

(b)applies the non-Union scheme under the provisions implementing the scheme in another Member State, where that other Member State is the Member State of identification, shall be an accountable person for the purposes of this Act in relation to scheme services only insofar as those services are supplied in the State in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 4 and, in relation to those supplies, for the purposes of this section shall be referred to as a “scheme participant”.

(2)A scheme participant shall be regarded as having fulfilled his or her obligations as an accountable person under subsection (3)(a) of section 65 and shall not otherwise be obliged or entitled to be registered under that section.

(3)A scheme participant shall furnish the VAT return required for a calendar quarter under the provisions of the non-Union scheme to the tax authorities of the Member State of identification by the end of the month immediately following the end of the relevant calendar quarter and, for the purposes of this Act, to the extent that the VAT return relates to scheme services taxable in the State, the VAT return shall be –

(a)treated, with any necessary modifications, as if it were a return required to be furnished in accordance with section 76, and

(b)deemed to have been received by the Collector-General on the date it was received by the tax authorities of the Member State of identification, and this Act shall apply to the scheme participant and have effect as if in section 76(1) –

(i)‘by the end of the month’ were substituted for ‘within 9 days immediately after the 10th day of the month,

(ii)”a calendar quarter” were substituted for “a taxable period”, and

(iii)in paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) “that calendar quarter” were substituted for “that taxable period” in each place.

(4)A scheme participant shall remit the tax payable in relation to a calendar quarter under the provisions of the non-Union scheme to the tax authorities of the Member State of identification by the end of the month immediately following the end of the relevant calendar quarter and, for the purposes of this Act, to the extent that the tax payable relates to scheme services taxable in the State, the tax payable shall be –

(a)treated as if it were tax payable in accordance with section 76, and

(b)deemed to have been paid to the Collector-General on the date it was received by the tax authorities of the Member State of identification,

and this Act shall apply to the scheme participant and have effect as if in section 76(1) –

(i)‘by the end of the month’ were substituted for ‘within 9 days immediately after the 10th day of the month’,

(ii)”a calendar quarter” were substituted for “a taxable period”, and

(iii)in paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) “that calendar quarter” were substituted for “that taxable period” in each place.

(5)Where supplies have been made using a currency other than the euro, the exchange rate to be used for the purpose of expressing the corresponding amount in euro in the VAT return shall be that published by the European Central Bank for the last day of the calendar quarter to which the VAT return relates or, if there is no publication on that date, on the next date of publication.

(6)Notwithstanding Chapter 1 of Part 8, a scheme participant –

(a)shall not, in computing the amount of tax payable by him or her in respect of scheme supplies, be entitled to deduct any tax borne or paid in relation to those supplies, but

(b)shall –

(i)be entitled to claim a refund of such tax in accordance with, and using the rules applicable to, Council Directive No. 86/560/EEC of 17 November 1986 , notwithstanding Articles 2(2) and (3) and 4(2) of that Directive, or

(ii)where that scheme participant is an accountable person other than in relation to supplies of scheme services, subject to Chapter 1 of Part 8, be entitled to deduct the tax borne or paid in the return which he or she is obliged to submit in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 9.

(7)Notwithstanding section 84, a scheme participant who supplies scheme services which, in accordance with section 34(kc), are supplied in the State shall be bound by the requirements of section 91B(14)(a), (b) and (d) in relation to such supplies and retain such records until the expiry of a period of 10 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction was carried out.

91D.

Union scheme (where the State is Member State of identification).

(1)

(a)A taxable person may opt to apply the Union scheme to his or her qualifying supplies of scheme services, intra-Community distance sales of goods and qualifying domestic supplies of goods, provided that the taxable person –

(i)makes or intends to make qualifying supplies of scheme services, intra-Community distance sales of goods and qualifying domestic supplies of goods in the course or furtherance of business,

(ii)has established his or her business in the State or, if he or she has not established his or her business in the Community, the taxable person has a fixed establishment in the State, or if he or she has not established his or her business in the Community and does not have a fixed establishment in the State, the taxable person supplies goods from the State and has indicated that he or she wishes to identify in the State for the purposes of the Scheme, and (iii) has been assigned a registration number under section 65(2).

(b)For the purposes of this section, subject to paragraph (c), a supply of a scheme service is a qualifying supply of a scheme service where –

(i)the service is supplied to a non-taxable person in a Member State other than the State, and

(ii)the taxable person does not have a fixed establishment in that other Member State.

(c)A taxable person may not be registered in the State for the purposes of the Union scheme if he or she –

(i)is already identified in another Member State for the purposes of the Union scheme, or

(ii)is excluded from applying the Union scheme by any provision of the Implementing Regulation.

(3)A person who opts to be identified in the State for the purposes of the Union scheme shall notify the Revenue Commissioners by electronic means using such form as is made available by the Commissioners for that purpose, and shall, at the same time, provide them by electronic means with the following details (unless that information has already been provided):

(a)the person’s name and postal address;

(b)his or her electronic addresses, including website addresses;

(c)the registration number assigned to the person under section 65(2);

(d)the date of commencement of supplies made under the Union scheme;

(e)the date from which the person wishes to be identified in the State;

(f)any fixed establishments of that person in the Community (other than fixed establishments belonging to a group within the meaning of section 15);

(g)any previous registrations in any other Member State under the provisions of the Union scheme in that Member State, and

(h)such other information, necessary for the purpose of identification for the scheme, as may be specified in the form.

(4)

(i)register that person in the identification register, and

(ii)notify that person by electronic means of the date from which the registration takes effect.

(b)For the purposes of this section, a person who has been registered under paragraph (a) shall be referred to as an “identified person”.

(c)Where the taxable person has not established his or her business in the Community and has more than one fixed establishment in the Community including a fixed establishment in the State, and has chosen the State as Member State of identification for the purposes of the Union scheme, he or she shall be bound by that decision for the remainder of the calendar year of registration plus an additional 2 calendar years.

(d)Where the taxable person has not established his or her business in the Community and has no fixed establishment therein, and there is more than one Member State in which the dispatch or transport of the goods begins, including the State, and the taxable person has chosen the State as Member State of identification for the purposes of the Union scheme, he or she shall be bound by that decision for the remainder of the calendar year of registration plus an additional 2 calendar years.

(5)An identified person shall notify the Revenue Commissioners by electronic means of the following:

(a)any changes in the details provided under subsection (3);

(b)if his or her taxable activity ceases or changes to the extent that he or she no longer satisfies the conditions specified in subsection (1)(a);

(c)if he or she wishes to de-register from the Union scheme.

(6)The Revenue Commissioners shall remove an identified person from the identification register if –

(a)they have reasonable grounds to believe that the identified person’s taxable activities have ceased,

(b)the identified person has, in accordance with Article 58b of the Implementing Regulation, persistently failed to comply with the rules relating to the Union scheme, or

(c)the identified person notifies the Commissioners under subsection (5)(b) or(c).

(7)

(a)Subject to paragraph (b), an identified person shall, by the end of the month immediately following the end of each calendar quarter –

(i)furnish to the Revenue Commissioners a VAT return, by electronic means using such form as is made available by the Commissioners for the purposes of the Union scheme and prepared in accordance with, and containing such particulars as are specified in, subsection (8), in respect of –

(I)qualifying supplies of scheme services,

(II)qualifying domestic supplies of goods, and

(III)intra-Community distance sales of goods, made in the Community in that quarter,

and

(I)qualifying supplies of scheme services,

(II)qualifying domestic supplies of goods, and

(III)intra-Community distance sales of goods.

(b)Where an identified person has not made any such –

(i)qualifying supplies of scheme services,

(ii)qualifying domestic supplies of goods, or

(iii)intra-Community distance sales of goods,

during a calendar quarter, he or she shall furnish a nil VAT return in respect of that quarter.

(8)

(a)The VAT return referred to in subsection (7) shall be made in euro and shall contain –

(i)the person’s identification number,

(ii)for each Member State where EU value-added tax has become due in respect of qualifying supplies of scheme services, qualifying domestic supplies of goods or intra-Community distance sales of goods –

(I)the total value, exclusive of EU value-added tax, of qualifying supplies of scheme services, qualifying domestic supplies of goods, or intra-Community distance sales of goods made during thecalendar quarte

(II)the amount of such value liable to EU value-added tax at the applicable rate or rates, and

(III)the amount of EU value-added tax corresponding to such value at the applicable rate or rates,

and

(iii)the total EU value-added tax due, if any.

(b)Where a taxable person makes intra-Community distance sales of goods, other than those to which section 91G(1)(b) applies, and those goods are dispatched or transported from a Member State other than the State, the VAT return referred to in subsection (7) shall also contain –

(i)the person’s identification number allocated by the Member State from which the goods are dispatched or transported,

(ii)for each Member State where EU value-added tax has become due in respect of intra-Community distance sales of goods other than those to which section 91G(1)(b) applies, and those goods are dispatched or transported from a Member State other than the State, and for each Member State from which the goods are dispatched or transported –

(I)the total value, exclusive of EU value-added tax, of supplies of intra-Community distance sales of goods other than those to which section 91G(1)(b) applies, and those goods are dispatched or transported from a Member State other than the State, made during the calendar quarter,

(II)the amount of such value liable to EU value-added tax at the applicable rate or rates, and

(III)the amount of EU value-added tax corresponding to such value at the applicable rate or rates,

and

(iii)the total EU value-added tax due in each Member State from which the goods are dispatched or transported, if any.

(c)Where a taxable person makes intra-Community distance sales of goods to which section 91G(1)(b) applies and the goods are dispatched or transported from a Member State other than the State, or makes qualifying domestic supplies of goods to which section 91G(1)(b) applies and the dispatch or transport of those goods begins and ends in the same Member State, the VAT return referred to in subsection (7) shall also contain –

(i)the person’s identification number allocated by the Member State from which the goods are dispatched or transported, if available,

(ii)for each Member State where EU value-added tax has become due in respect of intra-Community distance sales of goods and qualifying domestic supplies of goods –

(I)the total value, exclusive of EU value-added tax, of supplies of intra-Community distance sales of goods and qualifying domestic supplies of goods, made during the calendar quarter,

(II)the amount of such value liable to EU value-added tax at the applicable rate or rates, and

(III)the amount of EU value-added tax corresponding to such value at the applicable rate or rates,

and

(iii)the total EU value-added tax due in each Member State from which the goods are dispatched or transported from, if any.

(d)Where a person supplying scheme services has one or more fixed establishments in the Community from which scheme services are provided, other than that in the Member State of identification, the VAT return referred to in subsection (7) shall also contain –

(i)the person’s identification number allocated by the Member State from which scheme services are provided, and,

(ii)for each Member State from which scheme services are provided, and for each Member State to which the scheme services are supplied –

(I)the total value, exclusive of EU value-added tax, of supplies of scheme services, made during the calendar quarter,

(II)the amount of such value liable to EU value-added tax at the applicable rate or rates, and

(III)the amount of EU value-added tax corresponding to such value at the applicable rate or rates,

and

(iii)the total EU value-added tax due, if any.

(10)An identified person shall not make any deduction of tax in the VAT return, or make any adjustment to the amounts therein, in relation to value-added tax deductible pursuant to Article 168 of the VAT Directive.

(11)

(a)Without prejudice to the provisions of section 99, where corrections to a VAT return (‘the initial return’) are required after it has been submitted, the corrections shall be included in a subsequent VAT return within 3 years from the date on which the initial return was required to be submitted in accordance with subsection (7).

(b)The correction to the VAT return referred to in paragraph (a) shall contain –

(i)the Member State of consumption of the goods or services,

(ii)the calendar quarter to which the correction is made, and

(iii)the amount of value-added tax for which a correction is required.

(13)Where the VAT return has been submitted but no payment or only partial payment has been made, the Revenue Commissioners shall issue a reminder by electronic means to the identified person on the 10th day following the due date for payment of the EU value-added tax in accordance with subsection (7)(a).

(14)An identified person shall –

(a)keep records of all transactions covered by the Union scheme and those records shall be sufficiently detailed, in accordance with Article 63c of the Implementing Regulation, to enable the Member State of consumption to verify that the VAT return is correct,

(b)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the Revenue Commissioners,

(c)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the relevant Member State of consumption, and

(d)notwithstanding section 84, retain such records for each transaction until the expiry of a period of 10 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction was carried out.

91E.

Union scheme (where the State is Member State of consumption).

(1)A person who applies the Union scheme under the provisions implementing the scheme in another Member State, where that other Member State is the Member State of identification, and who –

(a)supplies scheme services,

(b)makes intra-Community distance sales of goods, or

(c)makes qualifying domestic supplies of goods,

which are taxable in the State shall, in relation to those supplies or sales, be an accountable person for the purposes of this Act and, for the purposes of this section, shall be referred to as a ‘scheme participant’.

(2)Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a) of section 65, a scheme participant shall, in relation to –

(a)supplies of scheme services, Union scheme

(b)intra-Community distance sales of goods, or

(c)qualifying domestic supplies of goods,

be regarded as having fulfilled his or her obligations as an accountable person under that subsection and shall not be obliged or entitled to be registered under that section unless he or she is an accountable person other than in relation to those supplies or sales.

(3)A scheme participant shall furnish the VAT return required for a calendar quarter under the provisions of the Union scheme to the tax authorities of the Member State of identification by the end of the month immediately following the end of the relevant calendar quarter and, for the purposes of this Act, to the extent that the VAT return relates to scheme services, intra-Community distance sales of goods or qualifying domestic supplies of goods, taxable in the State, the VAT return shall be –

(a)treated, with any necessary modifications, as if it were a return required to be furnished in accordance with section 76, and

(b)deemed to have been received by the Collector-General on the date it was received by the tax authorities of the Member State of identification,

and this Act shall apply to a scheme participant and have effect as if in section 76(1) –

(i)”by the end of the month” were substituted for “within 9 days immediately after the 10th day of the month”,

(ii)”a calendar quarter” were substituted for “a taxable period”, and

(iii)in paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) “that calendar quarter” were substituted for “that taxable period” in each place.

(4)A scheme participant shall remit the tax payable in relation to a calendar quarter under the provisions of the Union scheme to the tax authorities of the Member State of identification by the end of the month immediately following the end of the relevant calendar quarter and, for the purposes of this Act, to the extent that that tax payable relates to –

(a)supplies of scheme services,

(b)intra-Community distance sales of goods, or

(c)qualifying domestic supplies of goods,

taxable in the State, the tax payable shall be –

(i)treated as if it were tax payable in accordance with section 76, and

(ii)deemed to have been paid to the Collector-General on the date it was received by the tax authorities of the Member State of identification ,

and this Act shall apply to a scheme participant and have effect as if in section 76(1) –

(I)’by the end of the month’ were substituted for ‘within 9 days immediately after the 10th day of the month’,

(II)’a calendar quarter’ were substituted for ‘a taxable period’, and

(III)in paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) ‘that calendar quarter’ were substituted for ‘that taxable period’ in each place.

(6)A scheme participant –

(a)shall not, in computing the amount of tax payable by him or her in respect of supplies of scheme services, intra-Community distance sales of goods or qualifying domestic supplies of goods, be entitled to deduct any tax borne or paid in relation to those supplies or sales in the VAT return, but

(b)shall –

(i)be entitled to claim a refund of such tax in accordance with, and using the rules applicable to, section 101, notwithstanding subsection (14) of that section, or

(ii)where that scheme participant is an accountable person other than in relation to supplies of scheme services, intra-Community distance sales of goods or qualifying domestic supplies of goods, subject to Chapter 1 of Part 8, be entitled to deduct the tax borne or paid in the return which he or she is obliged to submit in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 9.

(7)Notwithstanding section 84, a scheme participant who supplies scheme services, makes intra-Community distance sales of goods or makes qualifying domestic supplies of goods, which are taxable in the State, shall be bound by the requirements of section 91D(14)(a), (b) and (d) in relation to such supplies or sales and shall retain such records until the expiry of a period of 10 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction was carried out.

91F.

Regulations: special schemes for telecommunications services, broadcasting services and electronically supplied services.

(1)The Revenue Commissioners may make regulations as necessary for the purposes of giving effect to the non-Union scheme or the Union scheme, as the case may be.

(2)The Revenue Commissioners may make regulations as necessary for the purposes of giving effect to the schemes contained in sections 91G to 91K.

91G.

Electronic interfaces facilitating distance sales of goods.

(1)

(a)Where a taxable person facilitates (within the meaning of Article 5b of the Implementing Regulation), through the use of an electronic interface such as a marketplace, platform, portal or similar means, the distance sale of goods imported from third territories or third countries in consignments of an intrinsic value which does not exceed €150, the taxable person shall be deemed to have received and supplied those goods himself or herself.

(b)Where a taxable person facilitates (within the meaning aforesaid), through the use of an electronic interface such as a marketplace, platform, portal or similar means, the supply of goods within the Community by a taxable person not established within the Community to a non-taxable person, the taxable person who facilitates the supply shall be deemed to have received and supplied those goods himself or herself.

(2)Where a taxable person is deemed, by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, of subsection (1), to have received and supplied goods, the dispatch or transport of the goods shall be ascribed to the supply made by that taxable person.

(3)Where a taxable person is the deemed supplier of the goods concerned by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, of subsection (1), such taxable person shall –

(a)keep records of all transactions which are facilitated (within the meaning of subsection (1) through the use of the electronic interface and those records shall be sufficiently detailed, in accordance with Article 54c(1) of the Implementing Regulation, to enable the Member State in which the transactions are taxable to verify that the VAT return is correct,

(b)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the Revenue Commissioners, and

(c)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the relevant Member State in which the transactions are taxable.

(4)A taxable person who facilitates (within the meaning of Article 54b of the Implementing Regulation) the supply of goods and services through the use of an electronic interface such as a marketplace, platform, portal or similar means to a non-taxable person within the Community in accordance with Title V of the VAT Directive where the taxable person is neither –

(a)presumed to be acting in his or her own name for the supply of services under Article 9a of the Implementing Regulation, nor

(b)deemed to have supplied the goods by virtue of paragraph (a) or (b), as the case may be, of subsection (1),shall –

(i)keep records of all transactions which are facilitated (within the meaning aforesaid) through the use of the electronic interface and those records shall be sufficiently detailed, in accordance with Article 54c(2) of the Implementing Regulation, to enable the Member State in which the transactions are taxable to verify that the VAT return is correct,

(ii)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the Revenue Commissioners,

(iii)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the relevant Member State in which the transactions are taxable, and

(iv)notwithstanding section 84, retain such records for each transaction until the expiry of a period of 10 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction was carried out.

91H.

Special arrangements for value-added tax on import.

(1)In this section “special arrangements for value-added tax on import” means the arrangements provided for in this section for the payment of value-added tax on import by the person presenting the goods to customs on behalf of the person to whom the goods are destined.

(2)Where –

(a)goods are imported into the State in a consignment with an intrinsic value which does not exceed €150,

(b)the goods referred to in paragraph (a) are not subject to duties of excise,

(c)the arrangements set out in section 91I have not been used to pay the value-added tax due on importation, and

(d)the dispatch or transport of the goods ends in the State,

the person presenting the goods to customs may pay the value-added tax on import due on behalf of the person to whom the goods are destined.

(3)A person who wishes to apply the special arrangements for value-added tax on import shall –

(a)be subject to the conditions applicable for the deferment of payment of customs duty in accordance with Regulation (EU) No. 952/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and

(b)complete and submit to the Revenue Commissioners such application form as may be provided by the Revenue Commissioners for the purpose of the application of the special arrangements.

(4)Where the person presenting the goods to customs decides to use the special arrangements for value-added tax on import –

(a)the person for whom the goods are destined shall be liable for the payment of value-added tax, and

(b)the person presenting the goods to customs shall –

(i)collect the value-added tax due from the person for whom the goods are destined,

(ii)take appropriate measures to ensure that the correct amount of value-added tax is paid by the person for whom the goods are destined, and

(iii)pay the value-added tax collected to the Revenue Commissioners.

(5)Where the person presenting the goods to customs uses the special arrangements for value-added tax on import, the value-added tax rate applicable to those goods is the value-added tax rate specified in section 46(1)(a).

(6)

(a)Subject to paragraph (b), the person presenting the goods to customs shall, not later than the 15th day of the month immediately following the month of importation of the goods concerned –

(i)furnish by electronic means to the Revenue Commissioners a declaration in the form made available by the Commissioners for that purpose and prepared by the person concerned in accordance with, and containing such particulars as are specified in, subsection (7), in respect of value-added tax collected through the use of the special arrangements for value-added tax on import in the month of importation of the goods, and

(ii)remit to the Revenue Commissioners, at the same time as so furnishing the declaration referred to in subparagraph (i) into a bank account designated by them and denominated in euro, the amount of value-added tax (if any) so collected.

(b)Where the person presenting the goods to customs has not collected any value-added tax due on import through the use of the special arrangements for value-added tax on import during a month, he or she shall furnish a nil declaration to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of that month.

(7)The declaration referred to in subsection (6) shall contain the following particulars for the relevant month:

(a)the total value added tax collected during that month;

(b)the master reference number (within the meaning of Article 1(22) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2446 of 28 July 2015 ) of declarations, where special arrangements for value-added tax on import have been applied, submitted for customs purposes where the value-added tax amount declared for customs purposes has been collected during the month;

(c)the master reference number (within the meaning aforesaid) of declarations, where special arrangements for value-added tax on import have been applied, submitted for customs purposes where the value-added tax amount declared for customs purposes has not been collected during the month, and

(d)the master reference number (within the meaning aforesaid) of –

(i)relevant declarations submitted for customs purposes which have been invalidated, and

(ii)the original corresponding declaration submitted for customs purposes.

(8)A person using the special arrangements for value-added tax on import shall –

(a)keep records of all transactions covered by those arrangements and those records shall be sufficiently detailed to verify that the value-added tax paid is correct,

(b)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the Revenue Commissioners,

(c)notwithstanding section 84, retain such records for each such transaction until the expiry of a period of 3 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction took place.

91I.

Import scheme – interpretation and general provisions.

(1)In this section and sections 91J and 91K –

“intermediary” means a person established in the Community appointed by the taxable person making distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries as the person liable for the payment of the value-added tax and to fulfil the obligations laid down in the import scheme in the name and on behalf of the taxable person;

“Member State of consumption” means the Member State where the dispatch or transport of the goods to the customer ends;

“Member State of identification” means –
(a)the Member State in which the taxable person has established his or her business,
(b)if the taxable person has not established his or her business in the Community but has one or more fixed establishments therein, the Member State in which he or she has a fixed establishment and in which he or she chooses to be identified for the purposes of the import scheme,
(c)the Member State in which the taxable person chooses to register for the purposes of the import scheme, where that taxable person is not established within the Community,
(d)the Member State in which the intermediary has established his or her business, or
(e)if the intermediary has not established his or her business in the Community but has one or more fixed establishments therein, the Member State in which he or she has a fixed establishment and in which he or she chooses to be identified for the purposes of the scheme;

(2)For the purposes of paragraphs (b) and (e) of the definition of ‘Member State of identification’ in subsection (1), where the taxable person or the intermediary has more than one fixed establishment in the Community, he or she shall be bound by the decision to indicate the Member State of establishment for the calendar year concerned and the following two calendar years.

(3)Sections 91J and 91K apply to distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries, except products subject to duties of excise, in consignments of an intrinsic value which does not exceed €150.

(4)The following taxable persons are permitted to use the import scheme where they are making distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries:

(a)any taxable person established in the Community;

(b)any taxable person whether or not established in the Community who is represented by an intermediary established in the Community;

(c)any taxable person established outside the Community in a state or territory with which the Union has concluded an agreement on mutual assistance similar in scope to Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 and Regulation (EU) 904/2010 of 7 October 2010 and who is making distance sales of goods from that state or territory.

(5)Where a taxable person makes use of the import scheme, it shall apply to all of that taxable person’s distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries.

(6)Where a taxable person appoints an intermediary referred to in subsection (4)(b) for the purposes of the import scheme, the taxable person cannot appoint more than one intermediary at the same time.

(7)Where value-added tax is declared on distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries under the import scheme, the goods shall be regarded as having been supplied at the time when the payment has been accepted and the value-added tax shall become chargeable at the time of that supply.

91J.

Import scheme (where the State is Member State of identification).

(1)A taxable person, or intermediary acting on behalf of a taxable person, who is identified in the State for the purposes of the import scheme, shall notify the Revenue Commissioners by electronic means when he or she commences or ceases his or her activity under the import scheme, or changes that activity in such a way that he or she no longer meets the conditions necessary for use of the import scheme.

(2)A taxable person, or where applicable, his or her intermediary, may not be registered in the State for the purposes of the import scheme if he or she –

(a)is already identified in another Member State for the purposes of this scheme, or

(b)is excluded from applying this scheme by Article 369r of the VAT Directive or Article 58 of the Implementing Regulation.

(3)The Revenue Commissioners shall establish and maintain a register (in this section referred to as the ‘import scheme identification register’) of persons who are identified in the State for the purposes of the import scheme.

(4)A taxable person who does not make use of an intermediary, shall provide the following information to the Revenue Commissioners before the person commences use of the import scheme:

(a)his or her name and postal address;

(b)his or her electronic addresses, including website addresses;

(c)his or her value-added tax identification number or national tax number.

(5)An intermediary shall provide the following information to the Revenue Commissioners before the intermediary commences use of the import scheme on behalf of a taxable person:

(a)his or her name and postal address;

(b)his or her electronic addresses, including website addresses;

(c)his or her value-added tax identification number identification number.

(6)An intermediary shall also provide the following information to the Revenue Commissioners in respect of each taxable person that he or she represents before such taxable person commences use of the import scheme:

(a)the person’s name and postal address;

(b)the person’s electronic addresses, including website addresses;

(c)the person’s value-added tax identification number or national tax number;

(d)the person’s identification number allocated in accordance with subsection (8)(b)(iii).

(7)A taxable person or, where applicable, his or her intermediary, who registers for use of the import scheme in the State, shall notify the Revenue Commissioners of any changes in the information provided under subsection (4), (5) or (6), as the case may be.

(8)

(a)Where a taxable person has provided the information required under subsection (4) and the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that the requirements for registration for the purposes of the import scheme are met, the Revenue Commissioners shall –

(i)register the person in the import scheme identification register,

(ii)allocate to that person an identification number for the purposes of the import scheme, and

(iii)notify that person by electronic means of the identification number so allocated and the date from which registration takes effect.

(b)Where an intermediary has provided the information required under subsections (5) and (6), and the Revenue Commissioners are satisfied that the requirements for registration for the purposes of the import scheme are met, the Revenue Commissioners shall –

(i)register the intermediary in the import scheme identification register,

(ii)allocate to the intermediary an identification number identifying the intermediary as an intermediary for the purpose of the import scheme,

(iii)allocate to the intermediary an identification number in respect of each taxable person in respect of whom the intermediary is appointed, and

(iv)notify the intermediary by electronic means of the identification numbers so allocated and the date from which the registration takes effect.

(c)The identification number allocated under paragraph (a) or (b) shall be used only for the purpose of the import scheme.

(9)

(a)The Revenue Commissioners shall remove a taxable person not making use of an intermediary from the import scheme identification register where –

(i)the taxable person notifies the Revenue Commissioners that he or she no longer makes distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries,

(ii)the taxable person no longer meets the conditions necessary for use of the import scheme,

(iii)the taxable person has, in accordance with Article 58b of the Implementing Regulation, persistently failed to comply with the rules relating to the import scheme, or

(iv)it may otherwise be assumed by the Revenue Commissioners that the taxable person’s taxable activities of distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries have ceased.

(b)The Revenue Commissioners shall remove an intermediary from the import scheme identification register where the intermediary –

(i)has not acted as an intermediary on behalf of a taxable person making use of the import scheme for a period of 2 consecutive calendar quarters,

(ii)no longer meets the conditions necessary for acting as an intermediary, or

(iii)has, in accordance with Article 58b of the Implementing Regulation, persistently failed to comply with the rules relating to the import scheme.

(c)The Revenue Commissioners shall remove a taxable person represented by an intermediary from the import scheme identification register where –

(i)the intermediary notifies the Revenue Commissioners that the taxable person no longer makes distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries,

(ii)the taxable person no longer meets the conditions necessary for use of the import scheme,

(iii)the intermediary notifies the Revenue Commissioners that he or she no longer represents the taxable person,

(iv)the taxable person has, in accordance with Article 58b of the Implementing Regulation, persistently failed to comply with the rules relating to the import scheme, or

(v)it may otherwise be assumed by the Revenue Commissioners that the taxable activities of distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries of the taxable person have ceased.

(10)

(a)Where it appears requisite to them to do so for the protection of the revenue, the Revenue Commissioners may, in the case where the taxable person concerned is established outside the Community and no legal instrument relating to mutual assistance similar in scope to that provided for in Council Directive 2010/24/EU of 16 March 2010 and Council Regulation (EU) 904/2010 of 7 October 2010 exists with the country in which that taxable person is established, serve on an intermediary and the taxable person by whom the intermediary is appointed a notice in writing in accordance with paragraph (c).

(b)An intermediary shall be jointly and severally liable with the taxable person by whom the intermediary is appointed for the tax due and payable on the taxable supplies of that taxable person under the import scheme and shall be liable to pay that tax as if it were tax due and payable by the intermediary.

(c)A notice served under paragraph (a) shall –

(i)specify the date from which the notice shall have effect,

(ii)state that the intermediary shall, by virtue of this subsection, be jointly and severally liable with the taxable person specified in the notice for the payment of tax due and payable by that taxable person on the taxable supplies of that taxable person under the import scheme and shall be liable to pay that tax as if it were tax due and payable by the intermediary, and

(iii)specify the taxable person with whom the intermediary is so jointly and severally liable.

(11)

(a)Subject to paragraph (b), a taxable person or his or her intermediary shall by the end of the month immediately following the end of the period covered by the VAT return –

(i)furnish to the Revenue Commissioners a VAT return, by electronic means using such form as is made available by the Commissioners for the purposes of the import scheme and prepared in accordance with, and containing such particulars as are specified in, subsection (12), in respect of supplies under the import scheme made in the Community in that month, and

(I)distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries where the place of supply is the State determined in accordance with section 30, and

(II)distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries where the place of supply is a Member State (other than the State) determined in accordance with the provisions implementing Article 33 of the VAT Directive.

(b)Where a taxable person has not made any distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries during a month, he or she or his or her intermediary shall furnish a nil VAT return in respect of that month.

(12)The VAT return referred to in subsection (11) shall be made in euro and shall contain –

(a)the person’s identification number allocated under subsection (8),

(b)for each Member State where EU value-added tax has become due in respect of distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries –

(i)the total value, exclusive of EU value-added tax, of distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries made during the month,

(ii)the amount of such value liable to EU value-added tax at the applicable rate or rates, and

(iii)the amount of EU value-added tax corresponding to such value at the applicable rate or rates,

and

(c)the total EU value-added tax due, if any.

(13)Where supplies have been made using a currency other than the euro, the exchange rate to be used for the purpose of expressing the corresponding amount in euro in the VAT return shall be that published by the European Central Bank for the last day of the month to which the VAT return relates or, if there is no publication on that date, on the next date of publication.

(14)

(a)Without prejudice to the provisions of section 99, where corrections to a VAT return (‘the initial return’) are required after it has been submitted, the corrections shall be included in a subsequent VAT return within 3 years from the date on which the initial return was required to be submitted in accordance with subsection (11).

(b)Where a correction is included in a subsequent VAT return under paragraph (a), the subsequent VAT return shall identify –

(i)the Member State of consumption to which the correction relates,

(ii)the period for which the correction is made, and

(iii)the amount of value-added tax for which a correction is required.

(15)A taxable person shall not make any deduction of tax in the VAT return, or make any adjustment to the amounts therein, in relation to any value-added tax incurred by him or her in the Community.

(16)Where, on the 10th day following the due date for submission of the VAT return in accordance with subsection (11)(a), the return has not been submitted, the Revenue Commissioners shall issue a reminder by electronic means to the taxable person or his or her intermediary.

(17)Where a VAT return has been submitted but no payment or only partial payment has been made, the Revenue Commissioners shall issue a reminder by electronic means to the taxable person or his or her intermediary on the 10th day following the due date for payment of the EU value-added tax in accordance with subsection (11)(a).

(18)A taxable person and where applicable his or her intermediary shall –

(a)keep records of all transactions covered by the import scheme and those records shall be sufficiently detailed, in accordance with Article 63c(2) of the Implementing Regulation, to enable the Member State of consumption to verify that the VAT return is correct,

(b)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the Revenue Commissioners,

(c)make such records available, by electronic means and on request, to the relevant Member State of consumption, and

(d)notwithstanding section 84, retain such records for each transaction until the expiry of a period of 10 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction was carried out.

91K.

Import scheme (where the State is Member State of consumption).

(1)A person who –

(a)is registered in the import scheme identification register (within the meaning of section 91J), or

(b)applies the special scheme for distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries under the provisions implementing that scheme in another Member State, where that other Member State is the Member State of identification,

shall, in relation to goods supplied in the State under the import scheme, be an accountable person for the purposes of this Act and, in relation to those supplies, shall, for the purposes of this section, be referred to as a ‘scheme participant’.

(2)Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a) of section 65, a scheme participant shall, in relation to supplies covered by the import scheme, be regarded as having fulfilled his or her obligations as an accountable person under the said subsection (3)(a) and shall not otherwise be obliged or entitled to be registered under that section for supplies covered by the import scheme.

(3)A scheme participant shall furnish the VAT return required for a month under the provisions of the import scheme to the relevant authorities of the Member State of identification by the end of the month immediately following the end of the period covered by the return and, for the purposes of this Act, to the extent that the VAT return relates to goods supplied under the import scheme taxable in the State, the VAT return shall be –

(a)treated, with any necessary modifications, as if it were a return required to be furnished in accordance with section 76, and

(b)deemed to have been received by the Collector-General on the date it was received by the relevant authorities of the Member State of identification,

and this Act shall apply to a scheme participant and have effect as if in section 76(1) –

(i)’by the end of the month immediately following the end of the period covered by the return’ were substituted for ‘within 9 days immediately after the 10th day of the month immediately following a taxable period’,

(ii)’a month’ were substituted for ‘a taxable period’, and

(iii)in paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) ‘that month’ were substituted for ‘that taxable period’ in each place.

(4)A scheme participant shall remit the tax payable in relation to a month under the provisions of the import scheme to the relevant authorities of the Member State of identification by the end of the month immediately following the end of the period covered by the return and, for the purposes of this Act, to the extent that the tax payable relates to goods supplied under the import scheme taxable in the State, the tax payable shall be –

(a)treated as if it were tax payable in accordance with section 76, and

(b)deemed to have been paid to the Collector-General on the date it was received by the relevant authorities of the Member State of identification,

and this Act shall apply to a scheme participant and have effect as if in section 76(1) –

(ii)’a month’ were substituted for ‘a taxable period’, and

(iii)in paragraphs (a)(i) and (b) ‘that month’ were substituted for ‘that taxable period’ in each place.

(5)Where supplies have been made using a currency other than the euro, the exchange rate to be used for the purpose of expressing the corresponding amount in euro in the VAT return shall be that published by the European Central Bank for the last day of the month to which the VAT return relates or, if there is no publication on that date, on the next date of publication.

(6)Notwithstanding Chapter 1 of Part 8, a scheme participant –

(a)shall not, in computing the amount of tax payable by him or her in respect of goods supplied under the import scheme taxable in the State, be entitled to deduct any tax borne or paid in relation to those supplies in the VAT return, but

(b)shall –

(i)where that scheme participant is established or has a fixed establishment in the Community, be entitled to claim a refund of such tax in accordance with, and using the rules applicable to, section 101, notwithstanding subsection (14) of that section, or

(ii)where that scheme participant is not established and does not have a fixed establishment in the Community, be entitled to claim a refund of such tax in accordance with, and using the rules applicable to, Council Directive No. 86/560/EEC of 17 November 1986 , notwithstanding Articles 2(2) and (3) and 4(2) of that Directive, or

(iii)where that scheme participant is an accountable person other than in relation to distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries, subject to Chapter 1 of Part 8, be entitled to deduct the tax borne or paid in the return which he or she is obliged to submit in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 9.

(7)Notwithstanding section 84, a scheme participant who makes distance sales of goods imported from third territories or third countries to the State which are taxable in the State shall be bound by the requirements of section 91J(18)(a), (b) and (d) in relation to such sales and retain such records until the expiry of a period of 10 years from 31 December of the year during which the transaction was carried out.

Chapter 3

Suspension arrangements for alcohol products (s. 92)

92.

Suspension arrangements for alcohol products.

(1)In this section –

“alcohol products” has the meaning assigned to it by section 73(1) of the Finance Act 2003;

“suspension arrangement” means an arrangement under which excisable products are produced, processed, held or moved, excise duty being suspended.

(2)Where alcohol products are supplied while being held under a suspension arrangement, then –

(a)any such supply effected while the products are held under that arrangement (other than the last such supply in the State) shall be deemed not to be a supply for the purposes of this Act other than for the purposes of Chapter 1 of Part 8, and

(b)any previous –

(i)intra-Community acquisition, or

(ii)importation,

of such products shall be disregarded for the purposes of this Act.

(3)

(a)Subject to paragraph (b), where tax is chargeable on a supply referred to in subsection (2), then, notwithstanding section 74(1), the tax on that supply shall be due at the same time as the duty of excise on the products is due.

(b)Paragraph (a) shall not apply to a supply of the kind referred to in paragraph 1(1) or (3), 3(1) or 7(6) of Schedule 2.

(4)Where (other than in the circumstances set out in section 11(2)), an accountable person makes an intra-Community acquisition of alcohol products and by virtue of that acquisition, and in accordance with Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 2 of the Finance Act 2001, and any other enactment which is to be construed together with those Chapters, the duty of excise on those products is payable in the State, then, notwithstanding section 75, the tax on that intra-Community acquisition shall be due at the same time as the duty of excise on the products is due.

(5)Where tax is chargeable on the importation of alcohol products, which are then placed under a suspension arrangement then, notwithstanding section 53(3), the tax on that importation shall be due at the same time as the duty of excise on the products is due.

(6)Notwithstanding sections 37(1) and (2) and 53(1), where subsection (3), (4) or (5) applies, the amount on which tax is chargeable shall include the amount of the duty of excise chargeable on the products on their release for consumption in the State.

(7)Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary in this Act, where subsection (3), (4) or (5) applies, then –

(a)the tax shall be payable at the same time as the duty of excise is payable on the products,

(b)the provisions of the statutes which relate to the duties of excise and the management thereof and of any instrument relating to duties of excise made under statute, shall, with any necessary modifications and exceptions as may be specified in regulations, apply to such tax as if it were a duty of excise, and

(c)the person by whom the tax is payable shall complete such form as is provided for the purposes of this subsection by the Revenue Commissioners.

Imports & Exports (Non-EU)

VALUE -ADDED TAX CONSOLIDATION ACT

Part 7 Provisions Relating to Imports, Exports, etc. (ss. 53-58)

Imports – general provisions.

Remission or repayment of tax on certain imported goods.

Goods in transit – miscellaneous provisions.

Zero-rating scheme for qualifying businesses.

Remission of tax on goods exported, etc.

Electronic services scheme.

Special schemes for taxable persons supplying services to non-taxable persons, making intra-Community distance sales of goods, making certain domestic supplies of goods or importing goods (ss. 91A-91K)

Definitions.

Non-Union scheme (where the State is Member State of consumption).

Union scheme (where the State is Member State of identification).

Union scheme (where the State is Member State of consumption).

Regulations: special schemes for telecommunications services, broadcasting services and electronically supplied services.

Electronic interfaces facilitating distance sales of goods.

Special arrangements for value-added tax on import.

Import scheme – interpretation and general provisions.

Import scheme (where the State is Member State of identification).

Import scheme (where the State is Member State of consumption).

Suspension arrangements for alcohol products (s. 92)

Suspension arrangements for alcohol products.

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