Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

[F1 61Z2 Disclosures to liable persons U.K.

(1) Subsection (2) applies where an officer of Revenue and Customs considers that a person is, or may be, jointly and severally liable to pay an amount as a result of this Chapter.

(2) The officer may at any time disclose to the person such information as the officer considers appropriate (whether or not such a disclosure would otherwise be permitted under section 18(2)(a) of CRCA 2005 or any other enactment) for the purposes of informing the person about that liability (“the joint liability”) including—

(a) the identity of any person who is an umbrella company, a purported umbrella company or the worker in relation to the arrangements to which the joint liability relates, and

(b) information about the nature and extent of the liability of an umbrella company or a purported umbrella company that (by virtue of this Chapter) results, or may result, in the joint liability.

(3) Information disclosed in reliance on subsection (2) may not be further disclosed without the consent of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (which may be general or specific).

(4) Where a person contravenes subsection (3) by disclosing information relating to a person whose identity—

(a) is specified in the disclosure, or

(b) can be deduced from it,

section 19 of CRCA 2005 (offence of wrongful disclosure) applies in relation to the disclosure as it applies in relation to a disclosure in contravention of section 20(9) of that Act.

(5) In this section “CRCA 2005” means the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 2 Ch. 11 inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 24(11) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 24(2)(11)