Section 145: Requirement to notify where no entitlement to defer amounts
554.This section is based on section 33F(5) and (6) of CAA 1990. It requires the shipowner to notify the Inland Revenue on ceasing to be entitled to a deferment.
555.The shipowner has to notify the Inland Revenue no later than three months from the end of the relevant chargeable period. Failure to do so makes the shipowner liable to a penalty under section 98(5) of TMA 1970.
556.This will almost invariably give rise to a change in the shipowner’s taxable profits in earlier chargeable periods. Subsection (4) allows assessments to be made outside the normal time limits.
557.Section 33F(5) has as one of its conditions that “a claim for deferment has been made”. However, the context makes it clear that the provision is only relevant if a deferment has actually been made (rather than simply claimed). As a result this section refers to an amount having actually been deferred.
558.Section 576 gives the meaning of “Inland Revenue”. Section 577 defines “notice”.
