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The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations 2021
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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These Regulations amend regulation 32B of the Value Added Tax Regulations 1995 (“VAT Regulations”).
Regulation 1 provides that these Regulations will come into force on 1st April 2022. These Regulations have effect from 1st April 2022 for those taxpayers who have a prescribed accounting period beginning on that date and otherwise from the first day of a taxpayer’s first prescribed accounting period beginning after that date.
Regulation 32B of the VAT Regulations provides for exemptions from the requirement to keep electronic records specified in regulation 32A of those regulations.
Regulation 2 of these Regulations omits the exemption provided in regulation 32B(2) to (5) for taxpayers whose turnover is below the threshold for compulsory VAT registration.
A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 3 March 2021 and is available on the website at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/extension-of-making-tax-digital-for-vat. It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument.
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