Avoid paying import UK VAT on goods arriving from the EU or rest of world The UK introduced its new deferred import VAT regime, Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) following its departure from the EU VAT regime from 1 January 2021. The relief will enable importers
NI Protocol replacement unblocks 2022 VAT zero-rating on domestic energy saving supplies for Northern Ireland from 1 May 2023 The UK’s HMRC has confirmed installations of domestic energy saving supplies in Northern Ireland will soon enjoy the same 2022 zero-rating VAT rate as the rest
Northern Ireland Protocol replacement removes most customs controls; gives back many reduced VAT and excise rates powers to UK; and introduces ‘Stormont Brake’ to Northern Ireland Assembly to block EU rules changes in the province The UK and EU have agreed today the Windsor Framework to replace
UK may gain more powers over goods VAT rate setting under Northern Ireland Brexit renegotiation The UK government and EU are in advanced discussions to renegotiate the Northern Ireland Protocol. This is the Brexit settlement alongside the UK-EU Withdrawal Agreement that gave the province a
HM Treasury – how proposed EU ViDA overlaps and complicates Northern Ireland’s post-Brexit position in EU VAT regime for goods The UK’s HM Treasury has issued a policy paper discussing how elements of the EU’s proposed VAT in the Digital Age (‘ViDA’) reforms may affect goods
UK informs EU it will continue not to impose checks on goods movements between Great Britain and Northern Ireland following EU legal warning; signs of settlement by April 2023 Following the EU’s launching of a third set of Northern Ireland Protocol infringement proceedings in July,
EU extends Brexit infringement deadline to 15 September. EU latest legal action against UK on failure to fully implement Northern Ireland Protocol: Import One-Stop Shop e-commerce VAT return; customs checks of goods between NI and GB; and excise measures The European Commission has started four
UK tables legislation to override VAT and customs agreement in Brexit Northern Ireland Protocol On 13 June, the UK government presented domestic legislation, Northern Ireland Protocol Bill, to give it unilateral powers to override certain elements of the Northern Ireland Protocol it signed with the
EU latest legal action against UK on failure to fully implement Northern Ireland Protocol: Import One-Stop-Shop e-commerce VAT return; customs checks of goods between NI and GB; and excise measures The European Commission has started four infringement procedures against the UK around the operation of
CONFIRMED: Much postponed Agri-foods pre-notification and documentation border controls delayed for 4th time from 1 July 2022 to ‘late 2023’. The cost of living crisis, Russian invasion of Ukraine and ongoing border delays mean the latest round of post-Brexit customs checks has been delayed from
