Section 80C — Value Added Tax Act 1994: Assessed amounts of overpayments etc deemed to be amounts of VAT

Assessed amounts of overpayments etc deemed to be amounts of VAT 80C 1 Where an amount has been assessed and notified to a person under section 80(4A) or 80B(1), that amount is deemed (subject to the provisions of this Act as to appeals) to be an amount of VAT due from that person and may be recovered accordingly.

2 Subsection (1) does not have effect if or to the extent that the assessment in question has been withdrawn or reduced.

3 An assessment under section 80(4A) or 80B(1) is a recovery assessment for the purposes of section 84(3A) .

4 Section 77(6) applies in relation to an assessment under section 80(4A) or 80B(1) as it applies in relation to an assessment under section 73 or 76.

5 For the purposes of an assessment under section 80(4A) or 80B(1), notification to a person mentioned in subsection (6) (a “relevant person”) is treated as notification to the person in relation to whom the relevant person acts.

6 The persons mentioned in this subsection are—

a a personal representative;

b a trustee in bankruptcy;

c a trustee in sequestration;

d a receiver;

e a liquidator;

f a person otherwise acting in a representative capacity in relation to another.