Finance Act, 1997

Amendment of section 7 (waiver of exemption) of Principal Act.

100.—Section 7 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) by the addition of the following proviso to subsection (1):

“Provided that where a person waives his right to exemption from tax in respect of the leasing or letting of goods which are subject to an agreement of the type referred to in section 4(2C)(a) then that waiver shall only apply to the supply of services under that agreement.”,

and

(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) Provision may be made by regulations for the cancellation, at the request of a person, of a waiver made by him under subsection (1) and for the payment by him to the Revenue Commissioners as a condition of cancellation of such sum (if any) as when added to the total amount of tax (if any) due by him in accordance with section 19 in relation to the supply of services by him to which the waiver applied is equal to the total of—

(a) the amount of tax deducted by him in accordance with section 12 in respect of tax borne or paid in relation to the supply of such services,

(b) the amount of tax that would be deductible by him in accordance with section 12 if tax had been chargeable on the transfer of ownership of goods to him in respect of which the provisions of section 3(5)(b)(iii) were applied, and those goods were used by him in the supply of such services, and

(c) the amount of tax that would be deductible by him in accordance with section 12 if tax had been chargeable on the supply to him of goods or services in respect of which the provisions of paragraph (via) of the Second Schedule were applied, and those goods or services were used in relation to the supply of services by him to which the waiver applied.”.