SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18U.K. Company tax returns, assessments and related matters

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 18 restricted (31.7.1998) by 1988 c. 1, s. 754B(10) (as inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 17 para. 37 of 1998 c. 36) by 1998 c. 36, s. 113, Sch. 17 para. 11)

C3Sch. 18 applied (20.7.2005) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), s. 61

C5Sch. 18 excluded (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 210(6)(b)

C6Sch. 18: power to amend conferred (12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 87(5)(a)(6)

C7Sch. 18 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 11(4) (with Sch. 16 para. 11(5))

C8Sch. 18 applied (with modifications) (11.7.2023) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), s. 303(7)(8) (with s. 303(6))

Part IVU.K. Enquiry into company tax return

[F1Referral of questions to [F2the tribunal] during enquiryU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 18 Pt. IV para. 31A-31D inserted (11.5.2001 with application as mentioned in Sch. 29 para. 7(2) of the amending Act) by 2001 c. 9, s. 88, Sch. 29 para. 7

31A(1)At any time when an enquiry is in progress [F3in relation to any matter relating to] a company’s tax return any question arising in connection with the subject-matter of the enquiry may be referred to the [F4tribunal] for F5... determination.U.K.

(2)Notice of referral must be given—

(a)jointly by the company and [F6an officer of Revenue and Customs],

F7(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(c)to the [F8tribunal].

F9(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)More than one notice of referral may be given under this paragraph in relation to an enquiry.

(5)For the purposes of this paragraph the period during which an enquiry is in progress [F10in relation to any matter] is the whole of the period—

(a)beginning with the day on which [F6an officer of Revenue and Customs] [F11gives] notice of enquiry into the return, and

(b)ending with the day on which [F12a partial closure notice is issued in relation to the matter or, if no such notice is issued, a final closure notice is issued].]

Textual Amendments

F3Words in Sch. 18 para. 31A(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 15 para. 44 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 15 para. 26(2)

F10Words in Sch. 18 para. 31A(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 15 para. 44 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 15 para. 26(3)(a)

F12Words in Sch. 18 para. 31A(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 15 para. 44 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 15 para. 26(3)(b)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9Sch. 18 paras. 31-34 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Lloyds Underwriters (Tax) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3338), regs. 1(1), 5

C10Sch. 18 paras. 31A-31D applied (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 23(5)(d)