Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010
F227[Union scheme (where the State is Member State of consumption)
91E.—F228[(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".]
F228[(2) Notwithstanding F229[subsection (3)(a) of section 65], a scheme participant shall, in relation to—
(a) supplies of scheme services,
(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 F230[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 F230[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)—
F230[(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.
F231[(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.]
(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.
F231[(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.]
F231[(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.]]
Annotations
Amendments:
F227
Inserted (1.01.2015) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 340 of 2014), reg. 3(i), in effect as per reg. 2(1).
F228
Substituted (1.07.2021) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 327 of 2021), reg. 20(a),(b), in effect as per reg. 2.
F229
Substituted (15.12.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (44/2022), s. 55(c), commenced on enactment.
F230
Substituted (1.07.2021) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 327 of 2021), reg. 20(c)(i)-(iii), in effect as per reg. 2.
F231
Substituted (1.07.2021) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 327 of 2021), reg. 20(d)-(f), in effect as per reg. 2.