- Enforced by
- HMRC
- Status
- Amended (in force with amendments)
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 2 of 74 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 1 carries different penalties and 71 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Plus 11 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Taxable Person — also bound by 11 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Farmer or Animal Keeper — also bound by 80 other Acts
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
- Calculate the correct value of imported goods for VAT purposesTrader
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Government must set standard VAT rate at 15% or higherCrown / Minister / Government department
- Maintain evidence and records to claim VAT deductionsTaxable Person
- Calculate and deduct VAT from your tax returnTaxable Person
- Hold valid evidence to support your VAT deduction claimsTaxable Person
- Hold valid evidence to claim VAT deductionsTaxable Person
- Hold valid evidence to reclaim VAT on business expensesTaxable Person
- Hold valid evidence to claim VAT deductionsTaxable Person
- Adjust VAT deductions when purchase factors changeTaxable Person
- Pay the VAT due when you submit your VAT returnTaxable Person
- Pay VAT and make interim payments as requiredTaxable Person
- Pay VAT when submitting your VAT returnTaxable Person
- Pay VAT when submitting your VAT returnTaxable Person
- Pay VAT when submitting your VAT returnTaxable Person
- Pay VAT when submitting your VAT returnTaxable Person
- Pay VAT when submitting your VAT returnTaxable Person
- Ensure invoices and credit notes meet legal format requirementsTrader
- Issue valid VAT invoices for business suppliesTaxable Person
- Issue VAT invoices for business supplies and exportsTaxable Person
- Issue VAT invoices within specific time limitsTaxable Person
- Issue VAT invoices for business supplies and exportsTaxable Person
- Issue VAT invoices for business-to-business suppliesTaxable Person
- Issue VAT invoices for business supplies and specific transactionsTaxable Person
- Ensure authenticity, integrity, and legibility of all VAT invoicesTaxable Person
- Ensure authenticity, integrity, and legibility of all VAT invoicesTaxable Person
- Keep detailed VAT accounts and registers for cross-border goodsTaxable Person
- Keep detailed VAT accounts and registers for cross-border goodsTaxable Person
- Ensure all sales and purchase invoices are storedTaxable Person
- Store all sales and purchase invoicesTaxable Person
- Store all sales and purchase invoicesTaxable Person
- Store all sales and purchase invoicesTaxable Person
Unlimited fine
- Keep and store all sales and purchase invoicesTaxable Person
- Submit VAT returns with specific transaction detailsTaxable Person
- Submit regular VAT returns to HMRCTaxable Person
Fine up to £1,200
- Submit regular VAT returns with required transaction detailsTaxable Person
- Submit regular VAT returns with required transaction detailsTaxable Person
- Submit EC Sales Lists (recapitulative statements) for EU tradeTaxable Person
- Submit EC Sales Lists (recapitulative statements) for EU tradeTaxable Person
- Submit EC Sales Lists (recapitulative statements) for EU tradeTaxable Person
- Submit EC Sales Lists (recapitulative statements) for EU tradeTaxable Person
- Submit EC Sales Lists (recapitulative statements) for EU tradeTaxable Person
Unlimited fine
- Submit EC Sales Lists (recapitulative statements) for EU tradeTaxable Person
- Submit recapitulative statements (EC Sales Lists) for cross-border suppliesTaxable Person
- Submit EC Sales Lists (recapitulative statements) for EU tradeTaxable Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- European Commission must review and propose improvements to small business VATCrown / Minister / Government department
- Decide whether to join the Agricultural Flat-Rate VAT SchemeFarmer or Animal Keeper
- Opt in or out of the Agricultural Flat-Rate VAT SchemeFarmer or Animal Keeper
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- HMRC must fix and notify flat-rate compensation percentages for farmersStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- CROWN must calculate VAT flat-rate compensation using specific statisticsCrown / Minister / Government department
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- HMRC must ensure farmers do not receive excessive VAT refundsStatutory regulator
- Apply for the Agricultural Flat Rate Scheme to simplify VATFarmer or Animal Keeper
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- HMRC must verify VAT flat-rate compensation payments to farmersStatutory regulator
- You cannot deduct VAT if you are using the flat-rate farmer schemeFarmer or Animal Keeper
- Duct VAT compensation paid by customers of agricultural flat-rate farmersTrader
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- HMRC must verify VAT flat-rate compensation payments to farmersStatutory regulator
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- HMRC must ensure consistent VAT treatment for agricultural tradeStatutory regulator
- Structure auction contracts to meet specific VAT margin scheme definitionsTrader
- You may opt to charge VAT on investment gold suppliesTaxable Person
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Establish and communicate rules for taxing investment goldCrown / Minister / Government department
- Keep records of substantial investment gold transactions for five yearsTrader
- Keep records of investment gold transactions and customer identitiesTrader
- Keep records of investment gold transactions and customer identitiesTrader
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Council of the EU must adopt measures to implement the VAT DirectiveCrown / Minister / Government department
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- The Council must adopt definitive VAT arrangements for EU tradeCrown / Minister / Government department
amended 3 times
amended 1 time
amended 17 times
amended 17 times
amended 1 time
- Issue valid VAT invoices and follow specific billing timelinesTaxable Person
amended 3 times
amended 8 times
amended 6 times
- Register and file quarterly VAT returns for digital services (MOSS)Taxable Person
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
amended 1 time
377 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Help complying
Guvnor’s practical routes through this instrument.
1 more guide that reference this instrument
Duty extraction and severity labels are Guvnor’s analysis of the instrument, not the instrument itself. Always verify against the linked source text.