Finance Act 2010

Amendment of section 15 (charge of tax on imported goods) of Principal Act.

125.— Section 15 of the Principal Act is amended with effect from 1 January 2011 by inserting the following after subsection (7):

“(8) In the case where the importation of goods is followed by a supply or transfer of those goods to a person registered for value-added tax in another Member State paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 applies only if the person who imports those goods (referred to in this subsection as the ‘importer’)—

(a) at the time of importation declares the following information:

(i) the importer’s registration number,

(ii) the identification number (referred to in the definition in section 1 of ‘a person registered for value-added tax’) of the person to whom the goods are supplied or transferred,

and

(b) provides evidence, if so requested by the Revenue Commissioners, that the imported goods are to be transported or dispatched from the State to another Member State.”.