Statutory Instruments
2001 No. 735
VALUE ADDED TAX
The Value Added Tax (Business Gifts of Small Value) Order 2001
Made
7th March 2001
Laid before the House of Commons
7th March 2001
Coming into force
8th March 2001
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by paragraph 5(7) of Schedule 4 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994( 1 ), hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Value Added Tax (Business Gifts of Small Value) Order 2001 and shall come into force on 8th March 2001 and shall apply in relation to gifts made on or after that date.
2. In Schedule 4 to the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (matters to be treated as supply of goods or services) , in paragraph 5(2)(a) (gift of goods in the course or furtherance of a business not a supply if cost to donor is not more than £15)( 2 ), for “£15” there shall be substituted “£50”.
Jim Dowd
Greg Pope
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
7th March 2001
1994 c. 23 ; paragraph 5(7) was added by section 33(2) of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) .
Paragraph 5(2)(a) was amended by section 33(1) and (4) of the Finance Act 1996 (c. 8) with effect from 29th November 1995 and section 21 of the Finance Act 1998 with effect from 17th March 1998.