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				<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/21/notes/division/6/1/42</dc:identifier><dc:subject>Tax credits</dc:subject><dc:subject>Benefits for parents and children</dc:subject><dc:subject>Benefits</dc:subject><dc:subject>Income support</dc:subject><dc:subject>Child benefit</dc:subject><dc:title>Explanatory Notes to Tax Credits Act 2002</dc:title><dc:creator>Inland Revenue</dc:creator><dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2014-07-03</dc:modified>
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<Title><Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/21" id="c00001" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Year="2002" Number="0021">Tax Credits Act 2002</Citation></Title>
<Number>21</Number>
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<DateText>8 July 2002</DateText>
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<Title><CitationSubRef id="c00404" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2002/21/section/40" CitationRef="c00001" SectionRef="section-40">Section 40</CitationSubRef>: Annual reports</Title>
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<Text>This section requires <Abbreviation Expansion="Commissioners of Inland Revenue">the Board</Abbreviation> to make an annual report to the Treasury about certain matters in relation to tax credits.  The report must cover the Board’s accounts insofar as they relate to tax credits, the number of awards made of child tax credit and of working tax credit, the number of enquiries conducted under section 19, the number of penalties imposed under Part 1, and the number of prosecutions and convictions for offences connected with tax credits.  The Treasury must publish a copy of each report and lay a copy before each House of Parliament</Text>
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