Finance Act 2010

Discovery assessment by HMRC

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27(1)No discovery assessment may be made after the relevant deadline.

(2)The relevant deadline is 5 April 2030 if the situation—

(a)was brought about deliberately by the taxable company, or

(b)was attributable to the taxable company’s careless failure to deliver a bank payroll tax return on or before 31 August 2010.

(3)Subject to sub-paragraph (2)(b), the relevant deadline is 5 April 2016 if the situation was brought about carelessly by the taxable company.

(4)In all other cases, the relevant deadline is 5 April 2014.

(5)In this paragraph—

(a)references to the situation are to the one discovered by HMRC, and

(b)references to the taxable company include a person acting on the company’s behalf.