COM320 - Index Of Legislation: Taxes Management Act (TMA) 1970

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S11

The CT filing obligation for periods ended before 30 June 1999. CT Pay and File amendments took effect for notices issued after 31 December 1993

S11(1)

The requirement for a company to deliver a CT Pay and File return to the officer who served the notice to file

S11(2)

Stipulates the period for which a CT Pay and File return must be made in response to a notice

S11(4(a)(b) and (c)

Sets the final day for delivery of a CT Pay and File return

S29(1)(a)

Power to make an assessment

S29(1)(b)

Power to make a further assessment when an assessment to tax is or has become insufficient

S30(4)

Power to recover an amount of tax and / or interest repaid to the company

These assessments are only made for Accounting Periods (APs) ending on or before 30 June 1999

S31

Appeal against an assessment for CT Pay and File APs

S34(1)

Applies a six year time limit for making an assessment

S36(3)

Allows an out of date claim to relief when an assessment has been made to recover tax lost due to the fraud or negligence of a company

S41A

Authority to determine trade losses or other surrenderable amounts

S41A(6)

Applies the provisions of Section 31 TMA 1970 to loss determinations

S41A(8)

The authority to make a NIL loss determination

S41B

Authority to reduce the amount of a determination already made

S41B(3)

Applies the provisions of Section 31 TMA 1970 to loss directions

S41C

Time limits for making determinations and directions

S42

Procedure for making claims

S42(3)

Appeal against an Inspectors decision on a claim for a CT Pay and File AP

S42(5A)

Allows for a claim to repayment of Income Tax to be made in an amended company tax return

S42(9)

Commissioners’ power to determine appeal against an Inspector’s decision on a claim for a CT Pay and File AP only

S 43

Time limit for making claims

S43A

Authority to accept any relevant claim, election or application against a non-culpable discovery assessment

S49

Application to make a late appeal

S50

Commissioners’ power to determine appeals against assessments and amendments to assessments

S50(6) to (8)

Commissioners powers to deal with appeals against assessments, claims and elections

S51

Gives the Commissioners the power to call for information and documents they require to settle an appeal from a company

S54

Settlement of appeal by enquiry - claim withdrawn

S55

Provisions for recovery of tax not subject to a postponement application

S55(3)

Application to postpone collection of tax made in conjunction with an appeal against an assessment

S55(4)

Application to vary the amount of tax postponed

S59D(1)

The normal due and payable date for a CTSA AP is 9 months and 1 day after the end of the AP

S59DA(1)

After the material date for the AP, a company may claim repayment of CT it believes it has overpaid. The claim must be made either before a self assessment is recorded or a discovery assessment has become final

S59DA(4)

If a caseworker does not wish to accept a claim he must take it to the Tribunal for determination

S59DA(6)

A claim may be made in conjunction with an appeal against a charge raised by HMRC. The claim can only apply to tax paid before the charge was raised

S60(1)

When the tax becomes due and payable Debt Management shall make an application for payment of sums in charge to collect

S65 (As amended by paragraph 30(2) Sch 19 FA 1998)

Authority to start enforcement in the Magistrate's Court for outstanding CT

S86

Governs the charging of interest on overdue Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax

S87

Governs the charging of interest on overdue ACT and IT-CP

S87A

Provides for interest to be charged from the normal due date to the date of payment

S87A(4)

Interest on ACT carried back runs to the normal due date of the AP from which it was carried back

S87A(4A)

Interest, when a non-trading deficit is carried-back to an earlier AP, runs to the normal due date of the AP from which it was carried back

S87A(4B)

When ACT that becomes surplus as a result of the carry-back of a non-trading deficit is itself carried-back, interest runs to the normal due date of the AP from which the non-trading loss was carried back

S87A(6)

Interest, when trading losses are carried back, runs to the normal due date of the AP in which the loss is incurred unless it is carried back no more than twelve months

S87A(7)

ACT that becomes surplus as the result of loss relief being carried back may be carried back to a still earlier AP

Interest on the displaced ACT runs to the normal due date of the AP from which the loss was carried back

S88

Governs the charging of interest on tax recovered to make good a loss to HMRC

S94

Imposes penalties for late or non submission of a CT Pay and File return

S94(1)

Imposes fixed penalties for late delivery of a CT Pay and File return

S94(3)

Extends the filing date for a CT Pay and File return period to that allowed under the Companies Act 1985

S94(4)

Applies the provisions in S94(3) TMA 1970 to companies registered under the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986

S94(5)

Imposes increased fixed penalties for companies delivering a CT Pay and File return late for the third consecutive AP

S94(6)

Imposes tax geared penalties for CT Pay and File returns delivered more than 18 months after the company’s return period

S94(7)

Defines the tax unpaid figure to be used when calculating tax geared penalties for a CT Pay and File return period

S94(8)

Restricts / sets the time limit for relief in respect of surplus ACT carried back from later APs, for the purpose of tax geared penalties relating to CT Pay and File return periods

S96

Imposes penalties for the submission of an incorrect return or accounts, for CT Pay and File APs

S97

Treats an error in a return as negligent unless it is corrected without unreasonable delay

S97A

Restricts the maximum penalty imposed when a company has incurred multiple tax geared penalties, for the same AP

S100

With a couple of exceptions an authorised Officer of the Board, may, subject to the content of S100(2), make a penalty determination under any provision of the Taxes Acts

S100(5)

Authority to make a further penalty determination when the original is discovered to be insufficient

S100(6)

An authorised Officer of the Board may revise a tax geared penalty determination if it has become excessive

S100B

Tribunals' power to determine penalty appeals

S100B(2)

Specific Tribunals' powers to settle appeals against penalty determinations

S102

The Board’s authority to mitigate, stay proceedings in respect of, or remit, any penalty

S103(1)(a) and (b)

A tax geared penalty can be determined or proceedings commenced at the later of six years after the date on which the penalty was incurred or three years after the final determination of the amount of tax on which a tax geared penalty is based

S103(4)

A fixed penalty can be determined or proceedings for the penalty commenced at any time within 6 years after the date on which the penalty was incurred

S113(1A)

Allows substitution of one Inspector for another

S118(2)

Allows a ‘reasonable excuse’ for a company not doing anything required to be done

Sch 1A

Claims, and so on, not included in returns

Sch 1A Para 6

Appeal against a caseworker’s amendment of a claim or decision on a claim, following an enquiry into it for a CTSA AP

Sch 1A Para 9

Following an enquiry for a CTSA AP, the Tribunals' power to determine appeals against a  caseworker’s amendment of a claim or decision on a claim that is not a claim to relief by discharge, or repayment of tax