Policy paper
Draft legislation (accessible version)
Published 13 July 2026
1 Penalties for failures by account managers to deliver returns etc
- (1) Schedule 24 to FA 2021 (penalties for failure to make returns etc) is amended as follows.
- (2) In the Table in paragraph 2 (returns) —
- (a) in the heading to column 2, after “Tax” insert “or information”;
- (b) after item 6 insert—
| “7 | Information about individual investment plans | Return or report by an account manager under individual regulations under investment plans section 694(1) of ITTOIA 2005 or section 151(1) of TCGA 1992”. |
- (3) In paragraph 8 (expiry of penalty points), for sub-paragraph (1)(a) substitute—
- “(a) either—
- (i) for group 7C, at the beginning of the first day on which condition A is met;
- (ii) for any other group, at the beginning of the first day on which condition A and condition B are met, or”.
- “(a) either—
- (4) The amendments made by subsections (2) and (3) come into force on 6 April 2028.
- (5) Schedule 24 to FA 2021 comes into force on 6 April 2028 for the purposes of returns or reports by account managers under regulations under section 694(1) of ITTOIA 2005 or section 151(1) of TCGA 1992 on or after 6 April 2028.
2 Sanctions for other failures by account managers
- (1) ITTOIA 2005 is amended as follows.
- (2) In section 696 (plan managers)—
- (a) in subsection (3)(b) after “granted” insert “, suspended”;
- (b) after subsection (3) insert—
- “(4) Investment plan regulations may—
- (a) provide for the imposition of penalties in respect of a failure by a plan manager to comply with any requirement imposed by the regulations, and
- (b) include provision about appeals in relation to the imposition of a penalty.
- “(4) Investment plan regulations may—
- (5) But investment plan regulations may not provide for the imposition of penalties in respect of a failure by a plan manager to deliver a return or report falling within item 7 of the Table in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 24 to FA 2021 (penalties for failure to make returns etc).”
- (3) In section 699 (non-entitlement to exemption), after subsection (9) insert—
- “(10) Nothing in this section prevents the imposition of a penalty in respect of a failure by a plan manager by virtue of section 696(4) in circumstances where a penalty may also be imposed by virtue of subsection (6).”