SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 Administration and collection of windfall tax
Recovery of tax
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1
The provisions of the Management Act which are set out in sub-paragraph (2) below (which all relate to the recovery of tax) shall apply, subject to the modifications set out in sub-paragraph (3) below, in relation to—
a
amounts of windfall tax due from any company,
b
any penalty under this Schedule, or
c
any interest for which a company is liable under paragraph 12 above or 17(5)(g) below,
as they apply in relation to sums charged by way of tax; and, in the case of amounts falling within paragraph (b) or (c) above, those provisions shall so apply as if those amounts were amounts of tax due and payable under an assessment.
2
The provisions applied by sub-paragraph (1) above are—
a
section 61 (distraint);
b
sections 63 and 63A (recovery in Scotland);
c
sections 66 to 68 (court proceedings for the recovery of tax);
d
section 70(1) (certificate of non-payment); and
e
section 70A (payment by cheque).
3
The modifications mentioned in that sub-paragraph are as follows—
a
in all those provisions references to the collector shall be deemed to include references to any other officer of the Board;
b
in section 63, the words “under section 60 of this Act” in subsection (1)(b) shall be deemed to be omitted and so shall subsections (3) and (4); and
c
in section 70A—
i
the reference in subsection (1) to the purposes of the Management Act and the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) of that section shall be deemed to be a reference to the purposes of this Part; and
ii
subsection (2) shall be deemed to be omitted.