Finance Act 2008

Amendment of section 27 (fraudulent returns, etc.) of Principal Act.

104.— Section 27 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (9A)—

(a) in the paragraph numbered (1)—

(i) by renumbering that paragraph as paragraph (a),

(ii) by renumbering as subparagraphs (i), (ii) and (iii), respectively, the subparagraphs designated as (a), (b) and (c), and

(iii) by deleting “or” in subparagraph (ii) (as so renumbered) and by inserting the following after that subparagraph:

“(iia) were acquired in another Member State and those goods are new means of transport in respect of which the acquirer—

(I) makes an intra-Community acquisition in the State,

(II) is not entitled to a deduction under section 12 in respect of the tax chargeable on that acquisition, and

(III) fails to account for the tax due on that acquisition in accordance with section 19,

or”,

(b) in the paragraph numbered (2)—

(I) by renumbering that paragraph as paragraph (b), and

(II) by substituting “paragraph (a)” for “subsection (1)”,

(c) in the paragraph numbered (3)—

(I) by renumbering that paragraph as paragraph (c), and

(II) by substituting “paragraph (b)” for “subsection (2)”,

and

(d) in the paragraph numbered (4)—

(I) by renumbering that paragraph as paragraph (d), and

(II) by renumbering as subparagraphs (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v), respectively, the subparagraphs designated as (a), (b), (bb), (c) and (d).