Policy paper

Amendments 3 to 5 to Schedule 6: Imposing information requirements for creative sector relief to provide for consequences of non-compliance short of the total invalidity of the claim

Published 29 January 2024

Summary

  1. These amendments allow regulations imposing information requirements for creative sector relief to provide for consequences of non-compliance short of the total invalidity of the claim (for instance, by making a claim invalid only so far as it relates to certain items of expenditure).

Details of the amendment

2. Amendment 3 amends new paragraph 83WA of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998. It removes sub-paragraph (1), removing the automatic consequence that failure to provide information required by regulations results in the invalidation of an entire claim to tax relief. A replacement provision allows HMRC to specify the consequences of failure to provide required information within the regulations themselves, whether that be partial or complete invalidation of a claim.

3. Amendment 3 also clarifies that the regulations may specify by what time required information must be submitted to HMRC.

Background note

4. These amendments have effect for claims made on or after 1 April 2024.