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Tax Memo 2009-2010 Newsletter Issue 2 (March 2010)

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Registration and deregistration thresholds

See TM 7775, 7777, 9987, 9988

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Fuel scale charge

See TM 7893

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Postal services exemption

See TM 8042

From 31 January 2011 the exemption for postal services will be restricted to supplies of public postal services (and incidental goods) by the universal service provider (currently Royal Mail). Postal services supplied on terms which are individually negotiated, and services not subject to price or regulatory control, will become standard-rated from that date.


Emissions allowances: reverse charge

See TM 8052, 8187

From 1 November 2010 the reverse charge will apply to emissions allowances. This is an attempt to prevent missing trader fraud and follows the application of the zero rate to emissions allowances from 31 July 2009. Zero-rating will cease from 1 November 2010. The legislation will be amended to allow the reverse charge to be applied to services generally, as specified in secondary legislation.


Zero-rating of aircraft

See TM 8052

For zero-rating purposes, a qualifying aircraft will no longer be determined by its weight or commercial design. From 1 September 2010 zero-rating will depend on the recipient of the supply being an airline operating for reward chiefly on international routes.


Lennartz mechanism

See TM 8142, 8145

The Lennartz mechanism is to be made unavailable in respect of purchases of land, property, boats and aircraft. The Lennartz mechanism applies where an asset is purchased for both business and private purposes. Under this mechanism full input tax recovery is permitted on purchase and output tax is accounted for in respect of private use over the asset’s economic life. From 1 January 2011 full input tax recovery will not be available on purchase; instead input tax will be restricted to the business use proportion. The Capital Goods Scheme will be amended to take account of this change.

HMRC has also recently announced an amended policy under which Lennartz is not available unless non-business use is private use (as opposed to, for example, use by a charity for non-commercial purposes). Legislation will be introduced to ensure that those affected by this change of policy do not gain an advantage by, for example, ceasing to account for output tax on non-business use.


CO2 band

Annual return

Quarterly return

Monthly return

Charge
(gross)
£

VAT included
£

Charge
(gross)
£

VAT included
£

Charge
(gross)
£

VAT included
£

120 or less

570.00

84.89

141.00

21.00

47.00

7.00

125

850.00

126.60

212.00

31.57

70.00

10.43

130

850.00

126.60

212.00

31.57

70.00

10.43

135

910.00

135.53

227.00

33.81

75.00

11.17

140

965.00

143.72

241.00

35.89

80.00

11.91

145

1,020.00

151.91

255.00

37.98

85.00

12.66

150

1,080.00

160.85

269.00

40.06

89.00

13.26

155

1,135.00

169.04

283.00

42.15

94.00

14.00

160

1,190.00

177.23

297.00

44.23

99.00

14.74

165

1,250.00

186.17

312.00

46.47

104.00

15.49

170

1,305.00

194.36

326.00

48.55

108.00

16.09

175

1,360.00

202.55

340.00

50.64

113.00

16.83

180

1,420.00

211.49

354.00

52.72

118.00

17.57

185

1,475.00

219.68

368.00

54.81

122.00

18.17

190

1,530.00

227.87

383.00

57.04

127.00

18.91

195

1,590.00

236.81

397.00

59.13

132.00

19.66

200

1,645.00

245.00

411.00

61.21

137.00

20.40

205

1,705.00

253.94

425.00

63.30

141.00

21.00

210

1,760.00

262.13

439.00

65.38

146.00

21.74

215

1,815.00

270.32

454.00

67.62

151.00

22.49

220

1,875.00

279.26

468.00

69.70

156.00

23.23

225

1,930.00

287.45

482.00

71.79

160.00

23.83

230 or more

1,985.00

295.64

496.00

73.87

165.00

24.57

 

Existing threshold

(£)

New threshold from

1 April 2010 (£)

Registration

68,000

70,000

Deregistration

66,000

68,000

EU Acquisitions

68,000

70,000