Section 255: Manner of withdrawal or reduction of CITR
899.This section authorises the making of assessments to recapture CITR attributable to an investment which has been withdrawn or reduced. It is based on paragraph 27 of Schedule 16 to FA 2002.
900.Subsections (3) and (4) are based on paragraph 27(5) and (6) of Schedule 16 to FA 2002 prospectively inserted by section 118 of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 39 to, FA 2008 (time limits for assessments, claims etc) with effect from 1 April 2010 by virtue of the FA2008, Schedule 39 (Appointed Day, Transitional Provision and Savings) Order 2009 (SI 2009/403). The effect of thesesubsections is to preserve the right to make an assessment under this section not more than six years after the end of the accounting period for which the relief was obtained, when the normal time limit for the making of assessments under paragraph 46 of Schedule 18 to FA 1998 is reduced to four years by virtue of that Order bringing paragraph 42 of Schedule 39 to FA 2008 into force on 1 April 2010.
