Customs and Excise Tax Act and the Value Added Tax Act, 1994)
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
L.N. 212 of 2012
VALUE ADDED TAX ACT
(CAP. 406)
Value Added Tax (Remittance of Interest and Administrative
Penalties incurred under the Value Added Tax Act, 1998, the
Customs and Excise Tax Act and the Value Added Tax Act, 1994)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2012
IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 21, 42 and 75 of
the Value Added Tax Act, the Minister of Finance, the Economy and
Investment has made the following regulations:-
(1) The title of these regulations is the Value Added Tax Citation and
(Remittance of Interest and Administrative Penalties incurred under commencement.
the Value Added Tax Act, 1998, the Customs and Excise Tax Act and
the Value Added Tax Act, 1994) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations,
2012, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with
the Value Added Tax (Remittance of Interest and Administrative S.L. 406.18
Penalties incurred under the Value Added Tax Act, 1998, the Customs
and Excise Tax Act and the Value Added Tax Act, 1994) Regulations,
hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".
(2) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force
on 1st June, 2012.
In sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph 9 of the Annex A of the Amends
paragraph 9 of
principal regulations, immediately after the words "VAT evasion or Annex A of the
fraud" there shall be added the words "and where the remittance principal
regulations.
would concern administrative penalties and interest incurred pursuant
to assessments raised by the Commissioner or voluntary disclosures
by the registered person in relation to that conviction".
Immediately after paragraph 10 of Annex A of the Adds new
principal regulations, there shall be added the following new paragraph
Annex A of the
paragraph
principal
regulations.
"11. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 4 of
this Annex, the Commissioner may allow a registered person to
qualify for remittance under the scheme where in his opinion
the failure on the part of that person to qualify for remittance
was due to a reasonable excuse
Provided that the Commissioner shall not allow any further
extensions beyond 31 July 2012, which date is considered final
for the purposes of allowing registered persons to qualify for
remittance under the scheme
Provided further that where a registered person is so
allowed to qualify for remission, the Commissioner shall
determine new dates for payments in respect of the option under
paragraph 5 of this Annex.".
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