RM5196 - Over-repayments: Assessments to recover an over- repayment

When an assessment to recover an over-repayment is required

• take the following action

and/or

• ask the assessing District to take the necessary action.

In every case the assessing District should

• set up a CODA record for the person from whom you are going to recover the over- repayment
• if part of the over-repayment is to be waived under the Official Error concession see the last two paragraphs of AP4740 (b)(ii).

In addition, if the Collector asks a District to make a TMA70/S30 assessment

• check that the Collector’s request

• is on Collection headed notepaper
• is signed by the Collector in Charge or deputy

• tells you the amount of tax and/or supplement to be recovered

• if it is

• ask the RSO to make an entry in the over-repayments register
• you can make the Section 30 assessment.

If an R97 has been issued

• make sure credit is given in the assessment for any part of the over-repayment which has been recovered

and

• cancel or reduce the R97 charge. The reason for the cancellation is `formally assessed under S29 or S30 TMA1970’.

A Section 29 assessment will be a CODA D, Taxed Income or Capital Gains Tax assessmentor further assessment.

To make a Section 30 assessment to recover excess tax and/or supplement repaid or set-offthe assessing District should

• make the assessment manually under Schedule D case VI
• use a 307-1(Z) working sheet and 302(Z) Set
• on the profits' line enter Tax and/or repayment supplement over-repaid’ (omit any words which do not apply)
• enter the amount of the over-repayment in the assessment column.

When any assessment has been made ask the RSO to close the entry in the over-repayments register.