Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010

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Persons who are, or who may become, accountable persons.

[VATA s. 8(1) and (4)]

5.—(1)(a) Subject to paragraph (c), a taxable person who engages in the supply, within the State, of taxable goods or services shall be—

(i) an accountable person, and

(ii) accountable for and liable to pay the tax charged in respect of such supply.

(b) Subject to paragraph (c), in addition, the persons referred to in F15[sections 9, 10, 12, 15, 17(1), 94(3), 108C, 109A and 91J(10)] shall be accountable persons.

(c) A person not established in the State who supplies goods in the State only in the circumstances set out in section 10, or supplies a service in the State only in the circumstances set out in F16[section 16(3),] shall not be an accountable person.

(2) Where, by virtue of section 6(1) or 7, a person has not been an accountable person and a change of circumstances occurs from which it becomes clear that the person is likely to become an accountable person, he or she shall be deemed, for the purposes of this Act, to be an accountable person from the beginning of the taxable period commencing next after such change.

Annotations

Amendments:

F15

Substituted (1.07.2021) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2021 (S.I. No. 327 of 2021), reg. 5, in effect as per reg. 2.

F16

Substituted (1.01.2011) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 612 of 2010), reg. 3(d) and table, in effect as per reg. 1(2).

Editorial Notes:

E4

Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(b) amended (19.12.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (26/2020), s. 41(a), commenced on enactment; substituted as per F-note above.

E5

Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(b) amended (23.12.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (37/2014), s. 69(2)(a), commenced on enactment; substituted as per E-note above.

E6

Previous affecting provision: subs. (1)(b) amended (1.01.2011) by European Union (Value-Added Tax) Regulations 2010 (S.I. No. 612 of 2010), reg. 3(d), in effect as per reg. 1(2); substituted as per E-note above.