Section 345: Decisions of the Inland Revenue under section 344
1497.This section provides powers for the Inland Revenue to withdraw or vary any approval given to or any determination made in respect of a body. The section derives from section 201(6) and (7) of ICTA.
1498.In subsection (1) the power to vary a decision on the approval or otherwise of a body for the purposes of section 344 rests with the Inland Revenue as opposed to the Board in the source legislation. See Change 158 in Annex 1.
1499.This Act requires the Inland Revenue to give notice of their decision. See Change 88 in Annex 1.
1500.In subsections (2) and (3) the move to a straightforward appeal procedure is intended to simplify matters. Section 48(2) of TMA 1970 provides that various provisions of that Act as regards proceedings before the Commissioners apply to “appeals other than appeals against assessments” and to “proceedings…to be heard and determined in the same way as an appeal”. There is therefore no real difference in law or practice in this instance between provisions that refer to an appeal and those that refer to proceedings where the Special Commissioners shall “hear and determine the matter in like manner as an appeal”. See Changes 158 and 89 in Annex 1.
