PART 12Office of Tax Simplification

I1187Annual report

1

The OTS must prepare a report of the performance of its functions in each financial year.

2

The report relating to a financial year must be prepared as soon as reasonably practicable after the end of the financial year.

3

The OTS must—

a

send a copy of the report to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and

b

publish the report.

4

The Chancellor of the Exchequer must lay a copy of the report before Parliament.

5

For the purposes of this paragraph, each of the following is a “financial year”—

a

the period beginning with the day on which this section comes into force and ending with the following 31 March, and

b

each successive period of 12 months.