Guidelines for VAT registration

Updated Guidelines for VAT registration (Tax and Duty Manual Part 38-01-03b) include a focus on the importance of a Revenue appraisal of all VAT applications. Appraisals assess the risks involved and, where necessary, the need to use Revenue powers, including Section 108D of the VATCA 2010.

With some identified exceptions, all applications should be made online through eRegistration.

Additional supporting documentation can be submitted through MyEnquiries (tax registration/ cancellation and VAT supporting documentation).

Updated standard reply letters are included in the Appendices of the Guidelines.

Electronic filing of returns, and payment of liabilities, is mandatory in all VAT registrations since June 2012, unless a taxpayer qualifies for an exemption from mandatory efiling.

25 September 2017