Article 50 - Imports by Unregistered Persons

Imports by Unregistered Persons

1. Where Concerned Goods are imported by a Person not registered for Tax or where the Taxable Person does not meet the conditions in Clause (1) of Article (48) of this Decision, Tax shall be paid to the Authority by or on behalf of the Person before the Goods may be released.

2. The Customs Departments shall cooperate with the Authority to ensure that Payable Tax on Import has been settled before releasing of Goods.

3. Tax referred to in Clause (1) of this Article must be settled using the payment method specified by the Authority.

4. For the purposes of Clause (1) of this Article, where a Person who is not registered for Tax imports Goods is using an agent who acts on behalf of the Person for the purposes of importing the Goods into the State and who is registered for Tax in the State, the agent shall be responsible for the payment of the Tax in respect of the Import of Goods.

5. The obligation on the agent under Clause (4) of this Article to pay Tax on behalf of another Person shall be met as part of the agent’s Tax Return and pay Tax as though he imported the goods himself.

6. An agent who has paid tax in accordance with Clause (4) of this Article shall not recover as Input Tax any Tax paid on behalf of another Person in accordance with obligations set out in this Article.

7. Where an agent has paid Tax on behalf of another Person is accordance with this Article, it shall issue a statement to that other Person which contains, at the minimum, all of the following details:

a. The name, address, and Tax Registration Number of the agent.

b. The date upon which the statement is issued.

c. The date of Import of the relevant Goods.

d. A description of the imported Goods.

e. The amount of Tax paid by the agent to the Authority in respect of the imported Goods.

8. The statement issued by the agent to a Person in accordance with this Article shall be treated as a Tax Invoice for the purposes of the documentation requirements in paragraph (a) of Clause (1) of Article (55) of the Decree-Law.