Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016

Late payment interest start date: special rules

159 Late payment interest start date: amendments to assessments etc.

(1) This section applies to an amount that is payable as a result of—

(a) an amendment under section 41, 45 or 50, or a correction under section 42, to an assessment (“assessment A”),

(b) a WRA assessment made in place of or in addition to an assessment (“assessment A”), or

(c) an assessment under section 45 or 50, or a WRA determination, made in place of an assessment (“assessment A”) which ought to have been made by a person chargeable to a devolved tax.

(2) The late payment interest start date for that amount is the date which would have been the late payment interest start date if—

(a) assessment A had been complete and accurate and had been made on the date (if any) by which it was required to be made, and

(b) accordingly, the amount had been payable as a result of assessment A.

160 Late payment interest start date: death of taxpayer

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a person chargeable to an amount of devolved tax or penalty relating to devolved tax dies before the amount becomes payable, and

(b) the executor or administrator is unable to pay the amount before obtaining probate or letters of administration or another document having equivalent effect under the law of a country or territory other than England and Wales in relation to the deceased person’s estate.

(2) The late payment interest start date for that amount is the later of the following—

(a) the date which would be the late payment interest start date apart from this section, and

(b) the day after the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the grant of probate or letters of administration or another document having equivalent effect under the law of a country or territory other than England and Wales in relation to the deceased person’s estate.