Finance Act 1996

Amounts shown as tax on invoices

44 (1) Where—

(a) a registrable person issues an invoice showing an amount as tax chargeable on an event, and

(b) no tax is in fact chargeable on the event,

an amount equal to the amount shown as tax shall be recoverable from the person as a debt due to the Crown.

(2) Where—

(a) a registrable person issues an invoice showing an amount as tax chargeable on a taxable disposal, and

(b) the amount shown as tax exceeds the amount of tax in fact chargeable on the disposal,

an amount equal to the excess shall be recoverable from the person as a debt due to the Crown.

(3) References in this paragraph to an invoice are to any invoice, whether or not it is a landfill invoice within the meaning of section 61 of this Act.