PART 3CUSTOMER INSOLVENCY CREDIT
Recovery of credit
Recovery in the event of customer payment
24.—(1) This regulation applies where a claimant—
(a)has benefited from an amount of customer insolvency credit in respect of a taxable disposal (see regulation 21(3)), and
(b)subsequently receives a payment from the customer which, by virtue of regulation 16, is treated as being allocated, in part or in whole, to the debt owed in respect of the consideration for the disposal.
(2) The claimant must pay WRA, before the end of 30 days beginning with the day on which the claimant receives the customer payment, an amount calculated in accordance with the formula in paragraph (3).
(3) The formula is—
where—
“Payment” is the amount of the payment that must be made to WRA;
“RCredit” is the relevant amount of customer insolvency credit;
P is the amount of payment that is treated as being allocated to the debt owed in respect of the consideration for the disposal, as described in paragraph (1)(b);
OC is—
the amount treated as OC for the purposes of calculating the amount of credit in respect of the disposal under regulation 18(1), less
any amount received from the customer that has already been treated as P under this regulation.
(4) The relevant amount of customer insolvency credit is—
(a)the amount of credit calculated in respect of the disposal under regulation 18(1), less
(b)any amount that the claimant has already been required to pay WRA in respect of the disposal under this regulation.
Recovery in the event of failure to keep records or other evidence
25.—(1) This regulation applies where a claimant—
(a)has benefited from an amount of customer insolvency credit as a result of a claim (see regulation 21(3)), but
(b)has failed to comply with a requirement under regulation 22 or 23 in relation to the claim.
(2) WRA must—
(a)assess the amount of customer insolvency credit from which the claimant has benefited in respect of the claim, and
(b)issue a notice to the claimant—
(i)specifying the amount assessed, and
(ii)requiring the person to pay WRA an amount equal to that amount.
(3) The claimant must pay WRA the amount specified in the notice before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the notice is issued.
(4) WRA is not required to issue a notice under paragraph (2) if it is satisfied that any facts that it reasonably requires to be proved, and which would have been proved by the records or other evidence required under regulation 22 or 23, are proved by other documentary evidence provided to it.
(5) A claimant to whom a notice is issued under paragraph (2) is not required to pay WRA the amount specified in the notice if—
(a)the claimant produces documentary evidence to WRA, within the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which the notice is issued, regarding the facts which would have been proved by the records or other evidence required under regulation 22 or 23, and
(b)WRA issues a further notice to the claimant stating that the evidence proves, to its satisfaction, the facts that it reasonably requires to be proved.