69(1)The Inland Revenue may serve a notice on a person within paragraph 68(2) requiring him, within 30 days of the service of the notice, to pay—
(a)the amount of the tax referable to the degrouping charge, or
(b)if less, the amount that remains unpaid of the corporation tax payable by the taxpayer company for the relevant accounting period.
(2)The notice must state—
(a)the amount of the tax referable to the degrouping charge,
(b)the amount of corporation tax assessed on the taxpayer company for the relevant accounting period that remains unpaid and the date when it first became payable, and
(c)the amount required to be paid by the person on whom the notice is served.
(3)The notice has effect—
(a)for the purposes of the recovery from that person of the amount required to be paid and of interest on that amount, and
(b)for the purposes of appeals,
as if it were a notice of assessment and that amount were an amount of tax due from that person.
(4)In section 87A(3) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9) (date from which interest runs in the case of an assessment of a company’s tax on another person), for “or Schedule 28 to the Finance Act 2000” substitute “, Schedule 28 to the Finance Act 2000 or paragraph 69 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002”.
(5)A person who has paid an amount in pursuance of a notice under this paragraph may recover that amount from the taxpayer company.
(6)A payment in pursuance of a notice under this paragraph is not allowed as a deduction in computing any income, profits or losses for any tax purposes.