Finance Act, 1992

Amendment of section 10 (amount on which tax is chargeable) of Principal Act.

172.—Section 10 (inserted by the Act of 1978) of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) The amount on which tax is chargeable on the intra-Community acquisition of goods by virtue of section 2 (1A) shall, subject to this section, be the total consideration, including all taxes, commissions, costs and charges whatsoever, but not including value-added tax chargeable, in respect of that acquisition.”,

(b) in subsection (2) by the substitution of “subsections (1) or (1A)” for “subsection (1)”,

(c) in the proviso to subsection (2) by the insertion after “Provided that” of “, as respects subsection (1),”,

(d) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a) of subsection (3):

“(a) If for any non-business reason the actual consideration in relation to—

(i) the supply of any goods or services, or

(ii) the intra-Community acquisition of goods,

is less than the open market price or there is no consideration, the amount on which tax is chargeable shall be the open market price.”,

(e) in subsection (4) by the substitution of “the person supplying or acquiring the goods” for “the person supplying the goods”,

(f) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (4A) (inserted by the Act of 1982):

“(4B) The amount on which tax is chargeable in relation to the supply of goods referred to in section 3 (1) (g) shall be the open market price.”,

(g) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(5A) Where,

(a) an intra-Community acquisition is deemed to have taken place in the territory of another Member State in accordance with section 3A (2) (a),

(b) the intra-Community acquisition has been subject to value-added tax, referred to in Council Directive No. 77/388/EEC of 17 May 1977, in that other Member State, and

(c) the intra-Community acquisition is also deemed to have taken place in the State, in accordance with section 3A (2) (b),

then the consideration for the intra-Community acquisition to which paragraph (c) relates shall be reduced to nil.”,

and

(h) by the insertion in the definition of “the open market price” in subsection (10) after “supply of any goods or services” of “or the intra-Community acquisition of goods”.