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Updates: Oil Taxation Manual

2025

16 January 2025 published amendments

Credit and Debit notes: Legal basis for credit notes

Made corrections to the Regulations - added 15C, amended to 24A.

Other Invoicing arrangements: Authenticated receipts: Failure to provide authenticated receipts

Amendment to change "the local office" to HMRC.

Other Invoicing arrangements: Self-billing: Requests to validate the VAT registration status of suppliers

Amended "VISION" to ETMP.

Other Invoicing arrangements: Self-billing: Non compliance with self-billing rules

Amendment made to change "the commissioners" to HMRC
Fixed link to VAT Notice 700/62 Self-billing
Corrected team name from VPOT VRAP to VAT Infrastructure and Soft Drinks Industry Levy Policy team in Indirect Tax.

Other Invoicing arrangements: Self-billing: What if the conditions are not met?

Reworded the second point "the supplier remains responsible for issuing a VAT invoice"

Other Invoicing arrangements: Self-billing: Introduction

Link to Self-billing (VAT Notice 700/62) fixed.
Edited - Replaced "the Commissioners'" with the correct term "HMRC's"

Other Invoicing arrangements for particular businesses: Cash and carry wholesalers: Action on visits to customers

Correction made to change "the local office" to HMRC.

Other Invoicing arrangements for particular businesses: Retailers: Less detailed VAT invoices

Amendment made to the 2nd bullet point to "if the registered person is based in Northern Ireland, the supply is not to a person from another EU member state"
Amendment made to reference Paragraph 16.6.2 and fixed link to VAT Notice 700.

Other Invoicing arrangements for particular businesses: Stockbrokers: Contract notes: can they be used as VAT invoices?

Amendment made to change "the department" to HMRC

VAT invoice: Description of goods or services

Updated Page and Short title to "VAT invoice: Description of goods or services"
Added content providing details on VAT invoices relating to description of goods or services.
Added sub heading "Use of coded descriptions of goods"

VAT invoice: unit price

Deleted content from the body that is unrelated to unit price. The removed content has been moved to VATREC5010 and VATREC5020 as appropriate.

VAT invoice: VAT Invoices for Northern Ireland intra-EC supplies

Updated page/short title to "VAT Invoices for Northern Ireland intra-EC supplies"
Updates to the contents body with details added on VAT Regulations 1995, regulation 14(2), intra-EC Exempt supplies and Zero Rated Supply.

Computer invoicing: Introduction

Deleted the line relating to guidance from Audit Service intranet site and VAT Control notes as link is broken and no longer exists.

2023

10 August 2023 published amendments

21 February 2023 published amendments

2021

22 December 2021 published amendments

PRT: valuation of crude oils and products - how to calculate category 1 values

Tables amended in line with accessibility guidelines.

2 February 2021 published amendments

2020

13 August 2020 published amendments

8 January 2020 published amendments

Oil contractors ring fence: the effect of the ring fence

Changes to reflect F(No2)A17 loss relief streaming rules.

2019

11 September 2019 published amendments

4 September 2019 published amendments

PRT: Valuation: contents

Review date amended.

3 September 2019 published amendments

27 August 2019 published amendments

22 August 2019 published amendments

PRT: appendices - valuation of LPG

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: appendices - review of LPG methodology

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PRT: appendices - Commingling

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14 August 2019 published amendments

Interest and Financing: Charges which were not allowed against Ring Fence profits

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Interest and Financing: Charges paid to associates

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PRT: royalty - licence debit and credit

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - licence payments

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - royalty paying fields

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - royalty payable

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - royalty -paid

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - periodic payments

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - transfers of interest

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - chargeable or allowable

Archiving reason text added.

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PRT: royalty - contents

Links to: OT05501, OT05505, OT05510, OT05515, OT05520, OT05525, OT05530, OT05535, OT05540 archived.

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PRT: Valuation: contents

Link to OT05500 archived.

PRT: supplement - contractor financing: example

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PRT: supplement: contents

Link to OT12600 archived.

13 August 2019 published amendments

Corporation tax ring fence: onshore allowance - reduction of adjusted ring fence profits

Sections on straddling periods and interaction of field allowance and onshore allowance removed.

17 July 2019 published amendments

PRT: Foreign Fields - Double Taxation Relief

Rewritten to reflect changes to legislation.

3 June 2019 published amendments

Capital Allowances: Industrial Buildings or Structures: contents

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Capital allowances: contents

Links to OT26080 OT26200 OT26400 removed.

Capital Allowances: Research and Development Allowances: Introduction

Para on exploration expenditure supplement deleted as legislation repealed and associated guidance archived.

8 April 2019 published amendments

19 March 2019 published amendments

13 March 2019 published amendments

Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Introduction

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Qualifying Companies and Qualifying Expenditure

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Accounting periods

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Unrelieved Group Ring Fence Profits

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Relevant percentage for calculating the EES

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Pre-Commencement Supplement

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Licence disposals and group relief - reductions to the pre-commencement mixed pool

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Claims for pre-commencement EES

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Post-Commencement Period

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Ring fence losses and Qualifying E&A losses

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Pools of qualifying E&A losses and non qualifying losses

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Post-commencement EES - Using the pools

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: Post commencement EES pools - Straddling periods

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Capital Allowances: Exploration Expenditure Supplement: contents

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12 March 2019 published amendments

Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - qualifying pre-commencement onshore expenditure

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - the mixed pool of qualifying pre-commencement onshore expenditure and supplement previously allowed

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - reduction for disposal proceeds under the capital allowances act from the pre-commencement mixed pool

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - reduction in respect of unrelieved group ring fence profits from the pre-commencement mixed pool

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - additional supplement in respect of a post-commencement period

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - onshore ring fence losses

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - the onshore ring fence pool

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities: the reference amount for a post-commencement period

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - post-commencement pools - reductions in respect of utilised onshore ring fence losses

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Capital allowances: extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities - post-commencement pools - reductions in respect of unrelieved group ring fence profits

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Capital allowances - extended ring fence expenditure supplement for onshore activities : contents

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6 February 2019 published amendments

Oil Industry accounting: Generally Accepted Accounting Practice

Oil Taxation Manual Update Project

Oil industry accounting: Companies Act 2006 and use and application of accounting standards in the UK

Oil Taxation Manual Update Project

Oil Industry accounting: adoption of IFRS by UK companies

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Oil Industry accounting: IFRS 6 - exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources

Manual update project.

Oil Industry accounting: use and application of UK accounting standards

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Oil Industry accounting: statements of recommended practice

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Oil Industry accounting: successful efforts and full cost methods of accounting

Oil Taxation Manual Update Project

Oil Industry accounting: the full costs accounting method

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Oil Industry accounting: the successful efforts accounting method

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Oil Industry accounting: joint venture accounting - FRS 102

Oil Taxation Manual Update Project

Oil Industry accounting: joint venture accounting - FRS 102 - summary of the nature of relationships and accounting treatment

Oil Taxation Manual Update Project

Oil Industry accounting: joint venture accounting - IFRS

Oil Taxation Manual Update Project

Oil Industry accounting: joint venture accounting - IFRS - summary of the nature of relationships and accounting treatment

Oil Taxation Manual Update Project

Oil Industry accounting: underlift and overlift

Oil Taxation Manual update project.

Oil Industry accounting: disclosure of commercial reserve quantities

Oil Taxation Manual update project.

Oil Industry accounting: contents

Links to OT02025, OT02040, OT02070, OT02086, OT02087 archived.

Capital gains: consideration other than cash: licence swaps - disposals made before 22 April 2009

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22 January 2019 published amendments

21 January 2019 published amendments

2018

18 September 2018 published amendments

PRT: Safeguard - Interaction with Spreading Election

Header amended. Note added to reflect repeal of legislation.

2017

14 February 2017 published amendments

PRT appendices - elections for oil fields to become non-taxable

This page has been changed to reflect changes made at Autumn Statement 2016 to the opt-out for PRT. The Introduction and How Legislation Works sections have been changed and two new sections have been added.

PRT: appendices - PRT forms

The change to content is to reflect changes made at Autumn Statement 2016.

PRT: administration: returns by responsible person - PRT 2

This change has been made to reflect changes to PRT administration made at Autumn Statement 2016.

PRT: administration: returns by participators - PRT 1

This change reflects changes to PRT administration at Autumn Statement 2016.

PRT: administration: returns by participators - PRT 1A

This change reflects a change to the opt-out for PRT made at Autumn Statement 2016.

PRT: administration: returns by participators - PRT 6

This change reflects changes made to PRT administration at Autumn Statement 2016

PRT: administration: payment provisions - payment on account - PRT 6

This change reflects changes to PRT administration made at Autumn Statement 2016.

PRT: administration: payment provisions - payment on account

This change reflects changes made to PRT administration at Autumn Statement 2016.

PRT: administration: payment provisions - instalments

This reflects changes made to PRT administration made at Autumn Statement 2016

PRT: oil allowance - background

This change reflects changes made to PRT administration at Autumn Statement 2016.

PRT: oil allowance - amount of allowance

Text deleted to reflect changes to PRT administration made at Autumn Statement 2016.