Finance Act 2008

Amendment of section 19 (tax due and payable) of Principal Act.

102.— Section 19 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (2A):

“(2B) Where a person accounts in accordance with subsection (3) for tax referred to in subsection (2) on an amount received by way of a deposit from a customer before the supply of the goods or services to which it relates, and—

(a) that supply does not subsequently take place owing to a cancellation by the customer,

(b) the cancellation is recorded as such in the books and records of that person,

(c) the deposit is not refunded to the customer, and

(d) no other consideration, benefit or supply is provided to the customer by any person in lieu of the refund of that amount,

then, the tax chargeable under section 2(1)(a) shall be reduced in the taxable period in which the cancellation is recorded by the amount of tax accounted for on the deposit.”.