C1C3C2C5 PART IV ASSESSMENT AND CLAIMS
Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) by The Income Tax (Employments) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/744), reg. 49(7) (as amended (19.8.1999) by The Income Tax (Employments) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2155), regs. 1(1), 7)
Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (1.4.2000) by Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/944), regs. 1(1), 20(1), 45(4)
Pt. 4 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (1.4.2000) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000/121), regs. 1, 20(1), 45(4)
Claims
C443AF2Further assessments: claims etc.
1
This section applies where—
F4a
F5... by virtue of section 29 of this Act an assessment to income tax or capital gains tax is made on any person for a year of assessment, and
b
the assessment is not made for the purpose of making good to the Crown any loss of tax attributable to his fraudulent or negligent conduct or the fraudulent or negligent conduct of a person acting on his behalf.
2
Without prejudice to section 43(2) above but subject to section 43B below, where this section applies—
a
any relevant claim, election, application or notice which could have been made or given within the time allowed by the Taxes Acts may be made or given at any time within one year from the end of the F7year of assessment in which the assessment is made, and
b
any relevant claim, election, application or notice previously made or given may at any such time be revoked or varied—
i
in the same manner as it was made or given, and
ii
by or with the consent of the same person or persons who made, gave or consented to it (or, in the case of any such person who has died, by or with the consent of his personal representatives),
except where by virtue of any enactment it is irrevocable.
F12A
In subsection (2) above, “claim, election, application or notice” does not include an election under section 257BA of the principal Act (elections as to transfer of married couple’s allowance) F6or under Schedule 13B to that Act (elections as to transfer of children’s tax credit).
3
For the purposes of this section and section 43B below, a claim, election, application or notice is relevant in relation to an assessment for a F7year of assessment if—
a
b
it or, as the case may be, its revocation or variation has or could have the effect of reducing any of the liabilities mentioned in subsection (4) below.
4
The liabilities referred to in subsection (3) above are—
a
the increased liability to tax resulting from the assessment,
5
Where a claim, election, application or notice is made given, revoked or varied by virtue of subsection (2) above, all such adjustments shall be made, whether by way of discharge or repayment of tax or the making of assessments or otherwise, as are required to take account of the effect of the taking of that action on any person’s liability to tax for any F3year of assessment.
6
The provisions of this Act relating to appeals against decisions on claims shall apply with any necessary modifications to a decision on the revocation or variation of a claim by virtue of subsection (2) above.
Pt. 4 (ss. 29-43B) applied (with modifications) (6.4.1993) by The Income Tax (Sub-contractors in the Construction Industry) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/743), reg. 14(2) (revoked (6.4.2007) by S.I. 2005/2045, Sch. 2)