Transactions in securities: general
3459.This paragraph makes transitional provision for transactions in securities. It concerns corporation tax cases straddling 1 April 2010.
3460.Sub-paragraph (1) lays down the general rule that Part 15 supersedes Chapter 1 of Part 17 of ICTA. Most of the differences between that Chapter and Part 15 of this Act are verbal and not substantive. See the commentary on that Part. The only change in the law made in that Part is the replacement of references to “the Board” with references to officers of Revenue and Customs. See Change5 in Annex 1 and the commentary on section 740.
3461.Sub-paragraph (2) ensures that the six-year time limit for making assessments is not disturbed.
3462.Sub-paragraph (3) requires preliminary notifications commencing counteraction to be given under section 743 of this Act (and not under section 703(9) of ICTA) after 31 March 2010. Once HMRC have started counteraction under the new law, everything falls to be done under the new law.
3463.Sub-paragraph (4) provides that, if preliminary notification has been given under section 703(9) of ICTA before 1 April 2010, the old law (including, for example, the appeal provisions) continues to apply after 31 March 2010.
3464.Paragraph 129 of Schedule 2 to ITA also makes transitional provision for transactions in securities. It concerns income tax cases straddling 6 April 2007. The drafting of that paragraph was criticised by the First-Tier Tribunal in Grogan v Commissioners for HMRC.(8) HMRC do not agree with the First Tier-Tribunal’s view of that paragraph. But, in this paragraph, the opportunity has been taken to forestall future disputes over the validity of counteraction notices by making different transitional provision for corporation tax cases.
SC/3184/2008.
