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Finance Act 1996

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The Taxes Act 1988

5In section 307 of the Taxes Act 1988 (enterprise investment scheme and business expansion scheme: withdrawal of relief) in subsection (6) (application of section 86 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 to assessments made by virtue of section 307 as if the reckonable date were as specified in that subsection) for “the reckonable date” there shall be substituted “the relevant date”.

6(1)Section 369 of the Taxes Act 1988 (MIRAS) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2)In subsection (7)—

(a)for paragraph (a) (which applies section 29(3)(c) of the Taxes Management Act 1970) there shall be substituted—

(a)section 29(1)(c) (excessive relief) as it has effect apart from section 29(2) to (10) of that Act;;

(b)in paragraph (b) (which applies section 30 of the Taxes Management Act 1970) after the words in parentheses there shall be inserted “apart from subsection (1B)”;

(c)in paragraph (c) (which applies section 88 of the Taxes Management Act 1970) for “section 88” there shall be substituted “section 86”; and

(d)in the words following paragraph (d) after “as if it had been repaid” there shall be inserted “as respects a chargeable period”.

(3)After subsection (7) there shall be inserted—

(8)In the application of section 86 of the Management Act by virtue of subsection (7) above in relation to sums due and payable by virtue of an assessment made for the whole or part of a year of assessment (“the relevant year of assessment”) under section 29(1)(c) or 30 of that Act, as applied by that subsection, the relevant date—

(a)is 1st January in the relevant year of assessment in a case where the person falling within subsection (6) above has made a relevant interim claim; and

(b)in any other case, is the later of the following dates, that is to say—

(i)1st January in the relevant year of assessment; or

(ii)the date of the making of the payment by the Board which gives rise to the assessment.

(9)In this section—

  • “financial year”, in relation to any person, means a financial year of that person for the purposes of the relevant regulations;

  • “interim claim” means an interim claim within the meaning of the relevant regulations;

  • “relevant interim claim” means, in relation to an assessment made for a period coterminous with, or falling wholly within, a person’s financial year, an interim claim made for a period falling wholly or partly within that financial year; and

  • “the relevant regulations” means regulations made under section 378(3) for the purposes of subsection (6) above.

7In section 374A of the Taxes Act 1988 (interest which never has been relevant loan interest etc) in subsection (4) (which provides for the application of the [1970 c. 9.] Taxes Management Act 1970 to an assessment under subsection (3) of that section as if it were an assessment to income tax and as if certain other things were the case) the words from “and as if” onwards shall be omitted.

8In section 375 of the Taxes Act 1988 (interest ceasing to be relevant loan interest etc) in subsection (4) (which provides for the application of the Taxes Management Act 1970 to an assessment under subsection (3) of that section as it applies by virtue of section 374A(4) to an assessment under section 374A(3)) for “as it applies, by virtue of subsection (4) of section 374A, to an assessment under subsection (3) of that section” there shall be substituted “as if it were an assessment to income tax for the year of assessment in which the deduction was made”.

9In section 412(4) of the Taxes Act 1988 (group relief: power to assess under section 412(3) is without prejudice to the making of assessments under section 29(3)(c) of the Taxes Management Act 1970) for “section 29(3)(c)” there shall be substituted “section 29(1)(c)”.

10In section 588 of the Taxes Act 1988 (training courses: employee and employer may be assessed under section 29(3) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 if employee fails to comply with conditions for relief) for “section 29(3)” there shall be substituted “section 29(1)”.

11(1)Schedule 14 to the Taxes Act 1988 (life assurance premium relief: provisions ancillary to section 266) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph.

(2)In paragraph 6(2) (which provides for the application of the [1970 c. 9.] Taxes Management Act 1970 to an assessment under paragraph 6 of that Schedule as if it were an assessment to tax for the year of assessment in which the relief was given and as if certain other things were the case) the words from “and as if” onwards shall be omitted.

(3)In paragraph 7(3) (which applies specified provisions of the Taxes Management Act 1970 to the payment of a sum claimed under section 266(5)(b))—

(a)for paragraph (a) (which applies section 29(3)(c) of the Taxes Management Act 1970) there shall be substituted—

(a)section 29(1)(c) (excessive relief) as it has effect apart from section 29(2) to (10) of that Act;;

(b)in paragraph (b) (which applies section 30 of the Taxes Management Act 1970) after the words in parentheses there shall be inserted “apart from subsection (1B)”;

(c)in paragraph (c) (which applies section 88 of the Taxes Management Act 1970) for “section 88” there shall be substituted “section 86”; and

(d)for the words following paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—

shall apply in relation to an amount which is paid to any person by the Board as an amount recoverable by virtue of section 266(5)(b) but to which that person is not entitled as if it were income tax which ought not to have been repaid and, where that amount was claimed by that person, as if it had been repaid as respects a chargeable period as a relief which was not due.

(4)After paragraph 7(3) there shall be added—

(4)In the application of section 86 of the Management Act by virtue of sub-paragraph (3) above in relation to sums due and payable by virtue of an assessment made for the whole or part of a year of assessment (“the relevant year of assessment”) under section 29(1)(c) or 30 of that Act, as applied by that sub-paragraph, the relevant date—

(a)is 1st January in the relevant year of assessment in a case where the person falling within section 266(5)(b) has made a relevant interim claim; and

(b)in any other case, is the later of the following dates, that is to say—

(i)1st January in the relevant year of assessment; or

(ii)the date of the making of the payment by the Board which gives rise to the assessment.

(5)In this paragraph—

  • “financial year”, in relation to any person, means a financial year of that person for the purposes of the relevant regulations;

  • “interim claim” means an interim claim within the meaning of the relevant regulations;

  • “relevant interim claim” means, in relation to an assessment made for a period coterminous with, or falling wholly within, a person’s financial year, an interim claim made for a period falling wholly or partly within that financial year;

  • “the relevant regulations” means regulations made under sub-paragraph (1) above.

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