Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406)
Value Added Tax Act (Cap. 406), article 67
67. (1) When a person furnishes a tax return or notice of
payment within the time laid down in the relevant provisions of this
Act and such tax return or not ice of payment is accompanied by a
payment of all or part of the tax declared to be payable therei n,
such payment shall be deemed to be made on account of the tax
payable on that tax return or notice of payment.
(2) When a person furnishes a tax return or notice of payment
within the time laid down in the relevant provisions of this Ac t and
such tax return or notice of payment is not accompanied by a
payment of all the tax declared t o be payable therein, such per son
may request, by the furnishing o f such form as the Minister may by
regulations prescribe, that any payment accompanying such form
shall be deemed to be made on account of the tax declared to be
payable in such tax return or notice of payment, so however that:
(a) such request shall not be valid if it is made later than
six months from the time within which the tax return
or notice of payment is required to be furnished in
terms of the relevant provisions of this Act;
(b) the provisions of sub-articles (3) and (4) shall apply to
such payment.
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(3) Subject to the provisions of sub-articles (1) and (2), when
any interest is due by a person on any tax, other than tax the
payment of which may be kept in abeyance in terms of the
provisions of the Ninth Schedule to this Act, any payment made by
that person to the Commissioner shall, notwithstanding any
declaration made by that person, be appropriated to that intere st
before it is appropriated to any tax.
(4) Subject to the provisions of sub-articles (1), (2) and (3),
when an administrative penalty is due by a person, other than a
penalty the payment of which may be kept in abeyance in terms o f
the provisions of the Ninth Schedule to this Act, any payment m ade
by that person to the Commissioner shall, notwithstanding any
declaration made by that person, be appropriated to such
administrative penalty before it is appropriat ed to any tax.
(5) Subject to the other provisions of this article, when tax du e
by a person, other than tax the payment of which may be kept in
abeyance in terms of the provisions of the Ninth Schedule to th is
Act, became due on more than one occasion any payment made by
that person to the Commissioner shall, notwithstanding any
declaration made by that person, be appropriated to that amount of
tax that became due at the earliest of those occasions before i t is
appropriated to the tax that b ecame due on subsequent occasions .
(6) When a payment is made by a person to the Commissioner
in circumstances which indicate that that person intended that
payment to relate to a tax return or notice of payment, that pa yment
shall be deemed to relate to that tax return or notice of payme nt for
the purposes of this article with out prejudice to the power of the
Commissioner under any other provision of this Act to appropria te
that payment in any other manner.
Refunds.
Amended by:
X. 2003.35.
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