Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 1668

The Value Added Tax (Supply of Services) (Amendment) Order 1995

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Order made by the Treasury, laid before the House of Commons under section 97(3) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994, for approval by a resolution of that House within twenty-eight days beginning with the day on which the Order was made, subject to extension for periods of dissolution, prorogation or adjournment for more than four days.

1995 No. 1668

VALUE ADDED TAX

The Value Added Tax (Supply of Services) (Amendment) Order 1995

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 5(4) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994^[1] and of all pther powers conferred on them in that behalf, hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Supply of Services) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st August 1995.

    2.    The Value Added Tax (Supply of Services) Order 1993^[2] shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this Order.

    3.    In article 2, for "1983" there shall be substituted "1994".

    4.    In article 3, for "6 and 7" there shall be substituted "6, 6A and 7".

    5.    In article 6—
 (a) in paragraph (b), for "14 and 15" there shall be substituted "25 and 26";
 (b) in paragraph (c), for "14(4)" there shall be substituted "24(5)"; and
 (c) in paragraph (d), for "4" there shall be substituted "6".

    6.    After article 6 there shall be inserted the following—
    "6A.—(1)  This Order shall not apply to any supply of services consisting of the letting on hire of a motor car where one half of the tax on that letting on hire was excluded from credit under section 25 of the Act by virtue of article 7 of the Value Added Tax (Input Tax) Order 1992^[3].

    (2)  In paragraph (1) above, "motor car" has the same meaning as in article 2 of the Valued Added Tax (Input Tax) Order 1992."

Tim Wood

Andrew Mitchell

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

29th June 1995

This Order, which comes into force on 1st August 1995, amends the Value Added Tax (Supply of Services) Order 1993 (No. 1507) (the principal Order).

Articles 3 and 5 of the Order update references to primary legislation as a consequence of the consolidation of the legislation in the Value Added Tax Act 1994.

Article 4 provides for article 3 of the principal Order to be subject to a new article 6A which is inserted by article 6 of the Order. Article 6A excludes from the scope of the charge to tax imposed by article 3 of the principal Order, the use by a taxable person of a motor car which has been let to him on hire for private purposes or for purposes other than those of his business if the leasing charge has been subject to a 50 percent restriction on input tax recovery.

[1] 1994 c. 23. back

[2] S.I. 1993/1507. back

[3] S.I. 1992/3222; relevant amendments were made to article 7 by S.I. 1995/1666. back