F2PART VIIAFLAT-RATE SCHEME FOR SMALL BUSINESSES

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F1Reduced appropriate percentage for newly registered period55JB

1

This regulation applies where a flat-rate trader’s start date falls within one year of his EDR.

2

Except that this regulation does not apply where—

a

the Commissioners received notification of, or otherwise became fully aware of, his liability to be registered more than one year after his EDR, or

b

his end date or the first anniversary of his EDR falls before 1st January 2004.

3

F3Subject to regulation 55KA, at any relevant date on or after 1st January 2004 falling within his newly registered period, the Table shall be read as if each percentage specified in the right-hand column were reduced by one.

4

A flat-rate trader’s “newly registered period” is the period—

a

beginning with the later of—

i

his start date; and

ii

the day the Commissioners received notification of, or otherwise became fully aware of, his liability to be registered under the Act, and

b

ending on the day before the first anniversary of his EDR.