Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 (Number 31 of 2010)

16 Reverse charge for certain supplies.[VATA s. 8(1B), (1C) and (1D)]
(1) (a) In this subsection—
“NAMA” has the meaning assigned to it by the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009;
“NAMA entity” means a person or body of persons to which NAMA is connected within the meaning of section 97(3);
“recipient”, in relation to a relevant supply, means NAMA and any NAMA entity;
“relevant supply” means a supply of goods being a transfer of ownership of goods effected by a vesting order made in accordance with section 153 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009;
“supplier”, in relation to a relevant supply, means the chargor referred to in section 153 of the National Asset Management Agency Act 2009.
(b) Where a relevant supply occurs—
(i) the recipient shall, in relation to that supply, be an accountable person and shall be liable to pay the tax chargeable as if that recipient made that supply in the course or furtherance of business, and
(ii) the supplier shall not be accountable for or liable to pay such tax in relation to that supply.
(2) (a) In this subsection—
“allowance” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the Directive;
“Directive” means Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 20031 (as amended) establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC;
“greenhouse gases” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the Directive;
“greenhouse gas emission allowances” means allowances to emit greenhouse gases transferable in accordance with the Directive and other units that may be used by operators for compliance with the Directive;
“operator” has the meaning assigned to it by Article 3 of the Directive.
(b) Where a taxable person who carries on a business in the State (in this subsection referred to as a “recipient”) receives greenhouse gas emission allowances from another taxable person who carries on a business in the State, then—
(i) the recipient shall, in relation to that supply, be an accountable person or be deemed to be an accountable person and shall be liable to pay the tax chargeable as if that recipient made that supply in the course or furtherance of business, and
(ii) the person who supplied those greenhouse gas emission allowances shall not be accountable for or liable to pay such tax in respect of that supply.
(3) (a) Paragraph (b) and sections 59(2)(i) and 66(4) shall be construed together with Chapter 2 of Part 18 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.
(b) Where a principal to whom [1]>section 531(1)<[1][1]>section 530A<[1] of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 applies (other than a principal to whom subparagraphs (ii) or (iii) of [2]>section 531(1)(b)<[2][2]>section 530A(1)(b)<[2] of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 applies) receives services consisting of construction operations (as defined in paragraphs (a) to (f) of section 530(1) of that Act) from a subcontractor, then—
(i) that principal shall, in relation to that supply, be an accountable person or be deemed to be an accountable person and shall be liable to pay the tax chargeable as if that principal supplied those services in the course or furtherance of business, and
(ii) the subcontractor shall not be accountable for or liable to pay such tax in respect of that supply.
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(4) (a) In this subsection—
“dealing in scrap metal” means the purchase, sale, resale or recovery of scrap metal;
“recovery”, in relation to scrap metal, means any activity carried on for the purposes of reclaiming, recycling or re-using, in whole or in part, scrap metal and any activities related to such reclamation, recycling or re-use;
“scrap metal” includes scrapped metal and metal waste originating from, or extracted from, the processing of metals, metal derived from vehicles, metal derived from construction and demolition waste, machine parts and metal items no longer useable in their original form due to their breaking, obsolescence, shearing, wearing or the like, and also includes goods listed in paragraphs (1) to (3) of Annex VI of the VAT Directive.
(b) Notwithstanding section 56, where a taxable person carries on a business in the State, which consists of or includes dealing in scrap metal (in this subsection referred to as a “recipient”) and he or she receives a supply of scrap metal from another taxable person who carries on a business in the State, then—
(i) the recipient shall, in relation to that supply, be an accountable person or be deemed to be an accountable person and shall be liable to pay the tax chargeable as if that recipient made that supply in the course or furtherance of business, and
(ii) the person who supplied the scrap metal shall not be accountable for or liable to pay such tax in respect of that supply.
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(5) (a) In this subsection “construction work”, in relation to immovable goods, includes—
(i) construction, extension, alteration and demolition services, and
(ii) engineering work or other operations which adapt those immovable goods for materially altered use.
(b) Where an accountable person supplies construction work in the State to a taxable person (in this subsection referred to as a ‘recipient’) to whom the accountable person is connected (within the meaning of section 97(3)), then—
(i) the recipient shall, in relation to such supplies, be an accountable person or be deemed to be an accountable person and shall be liable to pay the tax chargeable as if that recipient made that supply in the course or furtherance of business, and
(ii) the person who supplied the construction work shall not be accountable for or liable to pay such tax in respect of those supplies.
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(6) (a) In this subsection—
“gas” means gas supplied through the natural gas distribution system.
(b) Where a taxable person who carries on a business in the State makes a supply of gas or of electricity to a taxable dealer who carries on a business in the State (in this subsection referred to as a ‘recipient’), then—
(i) the recipient shall, in relation to that supply, be an accountable person or be deemed to be an accountable person and shall be liable to pay the tax chargeable as if that recipient made that supply in the course or furtherance of business, and
(ii) the person who supplied that gas or electricity shall not be accountable for or liable to pay such tax in respect of that supply.
(7) (a) In this subsection—
“a gas or an electricity certificate” means an electronic document which conveys information about the source and production of energy.
(b) Where a taxable person who carries on a business in the State makes a supply of a gas or an electricity certificate to another taxable person who carries on a business in the State (in this subsection referred to as a ‘recipient’), then—
(i)	the recipient shall, in relation to that supply, be an accountable person or be deemed to be an accountable person and shall be liable to pay the tax chargeable as if that recipient made that supply in the course or furtherance of business, and
(ii)	the person who supplied that gas or electricity certificate shall not be accountable for or liable to pay such tax in respect of that supply.
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