Where it is suspected or known that the rate of VAT will increase, there is a possibility that businesses will seek to offset the effect of the increase. This might be done by arranging for a tax point to be created (eg by the issue of a tax invoice or the making of a payment) before the date of the change in connection with supplies which are effectively to be consumed after that date.
Consequently, anti-forestalling legislation was introduced
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