Finance Act 2024

Amendment of section 114B of Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (Covid-19: special warehousing and interest provisions)

109. Section 114B of the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 is amended—

(a) by the deletion of subsection (7),

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (8):

“(8) Where—

(a) this section applies to an accountable person,

(b) the accountable person complies with the accountable person’s obligations under the Acts,

(c) the accountable person has—

(i) before 1 May 2024, engaged with the Collector-General regarding the accountable person’s Covid-19 liabilities with a view to entering into an agreement to pay those liabilities, and

(ii) entered into an agreement referred to in subparagraph (i), whether before or after 1 May 2024,

and

(d) the accountable person complies with the obligations of the accountable person under the agreement entered into as referred to in paragraph (c)(ii),

no interest shall be due and payable by the accountable person in respect of the accountable person’s Covid-19 liabilities during Period 1, Period 2 and Period 3.”,

and

(c) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (10):

“(10) Where an accountable person—

(a) at any time during the period beginning on the first day of Period 1 and ending on 30 April 2024 fails to comply with the accountable person’s obligations under the Acts,

(b) is not an accountable person to whom subsection (8)(c) applies, or

(c) on or after 1 May 2024—

(i) fails to comply with the accountable person’s obligations under the Acts, or

(ii) fails to comply with an obligation referred to in subsection (8)(d),

simple interest shall be paid by the accountable person to the Revenue Commissioners on any amount of the Covid-19 liabilities remaining unpaid on—

(I) in a case to which paragraph (a) or (c) applies, the date on which the event resulting in failure to comply with the obligation concerned occurred, and

(II) in a case to which paragraph (b) applies, 1 May 2024,

and such interest shall be calculated from—

(A) in a case to which paragraph (a) applies, the date on which the event resulting in failure to comply with the obligation concerned occurred,

(B) in a case to which paragraph (b) applies, the first day of Period 3, and

(C) in a case to which paragraph (c) applies, 1 May 2024,

until payment of the amount for any day or part of a day during which that amount remains unpaid, at a rate of 0.0274 per cent.”.