Details of the Section
5.Subsection (2) amends section 41 VATA (“section 41”). Section 41 applies VATA to the Crown. Section 42(2) provides for the taxation of goods and services supplied by Government departments in certain circumstances where such supplies are not taxed under general VATA provisions. Sub section (2) deletes section 41(2) and makes a consequential amendment to section 41(3)(b) so that reference is made to the new section 41A of VATA which will determine when supplies by Government departments are taxed.
6.Subsection (3) inserts a new section 41A which provides as follows:
New section 41A(1) provides that the section will apply to supplies of goods and services made by a public body (being a body within the ambit of Article 13(1) PVD) which is acting in its capacity as a public authority;
New section 41A(2) provides that (where the new section 41 applies) a supply in respect of an activity listed in Annex 1 of the PVD is to be treated as a supply in the course or furtherance of business (and therefore taxable in accordance with section 4 of VATA) unless the activity is on such a small scale as to be negligible;
New section 41A(3) provides that (where the new section 41 applies) a supply which is not in respect of an Annex 1 activity is only to be treated as a supply in the course or furtherance of a business if relieving it from VAT would lead to a significant distortion of competition
