The Value Added Tax (Amendment) Regulations, SI 2018/261, set out the detailed ‘making tax digital’ requirements for businesses with taxable turnover above the VAT registration threshold to keep and preserve digital records and send VAT returns using compatible software from April 2019.
Supplies of education were not exempt
HMRC has approached the CIOT for its contribution to an informal consultation on VAT grouping. Following a formal consultation in 2016, HMRC is looking again at the expansion of VAT grouping following the CJEU decision in Larentia + Minerva and Marenave [2015] STC 2101.
The ICAEW has responded to HMRC’s consultation on transposing the EU vouchers directive into UK VAT law, issued on 1 December 2017. The ICAEW makes a number of points in its response, including:
The Soft Drinks Industry Levy (Enforcement) Regulations, SI 2018/264, will enable HMRC to use a range of enforcement powers available under the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979, including entry, search and seizure, for the purposes of tackling ‘fraud offences’ in relation to the soft drinks
The Council of the EU has formally approved revised EU ETS targets for the period from 2021 to 2030. This will involve an annual reduction of 2.2% in the cap on overall emissions from 2021 onwards (compared to the current rate of 1.74%).
Recovery of input tax on intra-community transactions