Taxes Management Act 1970

PART IX U.K. INTEREST ON OVERDUE TAX

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. IX modified by The Income Tax (Entertainers and Sportsmen) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/530), reg. 11(3)

C2 Pt. IX applied (27.7.1993 with effect in relation to the year 1993-94 and subsequent years of assessment) by Finance Act 1993 (c. 34), s. 122(2)(3)

C3 Pt. 9 applied by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), s. 281(5)(a) (as substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 paras. 15(2), 17)

C4 Pt. 9 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 18 para. 39(2)(a) (with Sch. 18 para. 59(2)); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

[F1 86 Interest on overdue income tax and capital gains tax. U.K.

(1) The following, namely—

(a) any amount on account of income tax which becomes due and payable in accordance with section 59A(2) of this Act, and

(b) any income tax or capital gains tax which becomes due and payable in accordance with section 55 or 59B of this Act,

shall carry interest at the rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989 from the relevant date until payment.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above the relevant date is whichever of the dates mentioned in section 59A(2) of this Act is applicable; and for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above the relevant date is—

(a) in any such case as is mentioned in subsection (3) of section 59B of this Act, the last day of the period of three months mentioned in that subsection; and

(b) in any other case, the date mentioned in subsection (4) of that section.

(3) Subsection (1) above applies even if the relevant date is a non-business day within the meaning of [F2 section 92] of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882.

(4) Subsection (5) below applies where as regards a year of assessment—

(a) any person makes a claim under subsection (3) or (4) of section 59A of this Act in respect of the amounts (the section 59A amounts) payable by him in accordance with subsection (2) of that section, and

(b) an amount (the section 59B amount) becomes payable by him

[F3 (i)] in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act [F4 or

(ii) in accordance with section 59B(6) of this Act in respect of income tax assessed under section 29 of this Act].

(5) Interest shall be payable under this section as if each of the section 59A amounts had been equal to—

(a) the aggregate of that amount and 50 per cent. of the section 59B amount, or

(b) the amount which would have been payable in accordance with subsection (2) of section 59A of this Act if the claim under subsection (3) or (4) of that section had not been made,

whichever is the less.

(6) In determining for the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) above what amount (if any) is payable by any person in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act [F5 or, in respect of income tax assessed under section 29 of this Act, in accordance with section 59B(6) of this Act]—

(a) it shall be assumed that both of the section 59A amounts have been paid, and

(b) no account shall be taken of any amount which has been paid on account otherwise than under section 59A(2) of this Act or is payable by way of capital gains tax.

(7) Subsection (8) below applies where as regards any person and a year of assessment—

(a) amounts (the section 59A amounts) become payable by him in accordance with section 59A(2) of this Act, and

(b) an amount (the section 59B amount) becomes repayable to him in accordance with section 59B (3), (4) or (5) of this Act.

(8) So much of any interest payable under this section on either of the section 59A amounts as is not attributable to the amount by which that amount exceeds 50 per cent. of the section 59B amount shall be remitted.

(9) In determining for the purposes of subsections (7) and (8) above what amount (if any) is repayable to any person in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act, no account shall be taken of any amount which has been paid on account otherwise than under section 59A(2) of this Act or is payable by way of capital gains tax.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 86 substituted (with effect in accordance with ss. 103(7), 110(2)-(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 110(1)

F2 Words in s. 86(3) substituted (29.4.1996) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 131(2)

F3 Words in s. 86(4)(b) renumbered as s. 86(4)(b)(i) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 3(2)

F4 S. 86(4)(b)(ii) and preceding word inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 3(2)

F5 Words in s. 86(6) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 3(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5 S. 86 modified by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 767B(1)(a) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 135(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 135(1)(6))

C6 S. 86 applied (with modifications) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), Sch. 2 para. 6(1) (as amended (8.9.1998) by Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), ss. 59(5)(a)(b)(6), 87(2); S.I. 1998/2209, art. 2(a)-(c), Sch. Pt. 1 (with art. 3))

C7 S. 86 applied (N.I.) (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), ss. 15(3), 173(4), Sch. 2 para. 6(1)

C8 S. 86 power to apply (with modifications) conferred by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 73(4)(c) (as amended (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 16(b)(c))

C9 S. 86 (so far as it has effect without the substitutions made by Finance Act 1994, Sch. 19 para. 23 and Finance Act 1995, s. 110) amended (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 28 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 6 para. 1

C10 S. 86 modified (6.4.1999) by The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1870), regs. 1, 35(3)(4)

C11 S. 86 modified (E.W.) (1.4.2000) by Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/944), regs. 1(1), 41, 46

C12 S. 86 modified (N.I.) (1.4.2000) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000/121), regs. 1(1), 41, 46

F6 86A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F6 S. 86A added byDevelopment Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24) Sch.8 para.21. Development Land Tax Act 1976 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), s.98(6), Sch.27 Part X.

[F7 87 Interest on overdue advance corporation tax and income tax on company payments. U.K.

(1) Any tax assessable in accordance with Schedule F8 ... [F9 16] to [F9 the principal Act] shall carry interest at the [F10 rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989] from the date when the tax becomes due and payable until payment .

(2) Where—

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(b) income tax paid in respect of payments made in any return period is repaid or discharged under paragraph 5 of the said Schedule [F9 16] in consequence of the receipt in a later return period of a payment on which income tax is borne by deduction,

the repayment or discharge shall not affect interest under this section on the tax so repaid or discharged for such time as is specified in subsection (3) below but, subject to that, this section shall apply as if any such tax which is repaid or discharged had never become payable.

(3) The time for which interest is not affected is—

(a) any time before the expiration of fourteen days from the end of the later return period, unless the return for that period is made earlier in those fourteen days; and

(b) if that return is made earlier in those fourteen days, any time ending before the date on which the return is made.

F12 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F13 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6) In this section “return period” means a period for which a return is required to be made under the said Schedule F14 ... [F9 16].

(7) It is hereby declared that this section applies to F15 ... income tax which, in accordance with [F16 the said Schedule 16], is paid without the making of any assessment (but is paid after it is due), and that where the tax is charged by an assessment (whether or not any part of it has been paid when the assessment is made) this section applies as respects interest running before as well as after the making of the assessment.

[F17 (8) Tax assessable as mentioned in subsection (1) above shall carry interest from the date when it becomes due and payable even if that date is a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882.]]

Textual Amendments

F7 S. 87 substituted by Finance Act 1972 (c. 41), s.111, Sch.24 para.10 for 1973—74 et seq.

F8 Words in s. 87(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 3(6) by the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 3(2), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)

F9 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), Sch. 29 para. 32.

F10 Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 179(1)(b); S.I. 1989/1298 (from 18 August 1989)

F11 S. 87(2)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 3(6) by the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 3(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)

F12 S. 87(4) repealed (with effect where the tax is charged by an assessment relating to an accounting period beginning on or after 19.4.1993) by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 158(1)(b), Sch. 17 Pt. VIII; S.I. 1993/753

F13 S. 87(5) repealed (with effect where the tax is charged by an assessment relating to an accounting period beginning on or after 19.4.1993) by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 158, Sch. 17 Pt. VIII; S.I. 1993/753

F14 Words in s. 87(6) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 3(6) by the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 3(4), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)

F15 Words in s. 87(7) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 3(6) by the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 3(5)(a), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)

F16 Words in s. 87(7) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 3(6) by the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 3(5)(b)

F17 S. 87(8) added by Finance (No.2) Act 1975 (c. 45), s.46(3)(b) in relation to tax charged by assessments notices of which were issued after 31 July 1975.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C13 S. 87 applied by The Income Tax (Building Societies) Regulations 1986 (S.I. 1986/482), reg. 7(4)

S. 87 modified by The Income Tax (Entertainers and Sportsmen) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/530), reg. 14(2)

C14 S. 87(1)(7)(8) applied (1.10.1993) by The Income Tax (Manufactured Overseas Dividends) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/2004), reg.11(10)

C15 S. 87(1)(7)(8) applied (with modifications) (25.8.1995) by The Income Tax (Manufactured Dividends) (Tradepoint) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/2052), regs. 1, 12(9)

C16 S. 87 applied by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35), s.134, Sch. 17 para. 15(4) (special tax on banking deposits).

[F18 87A Interest on overdue corporation tax etc. U.K.

(1) Corporation tax shall carry interest at the [F19 rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989] from the date when the tax becomes due and payable (in accordance with [F20 section 59D of this Act]) until payment.

(2) Subsection (1) above applies even if the date when the tax becomes due and payable (as mentioned in that subsection) is a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the M1 Bills of Exchange Act 1882.

(3) In relation to corporation tax assessed [F21 or treated as assessed] by virtue of section [F22 346(2) or 347(1) of the principal Act, [F23 137(4), 139(7) [F24 or 190] F25 ... of the 1992 Act F26 ... [F27 paragraph 75A(2) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998]]][F28 , Schedule 28 to the Finance Act 2000 or paragraph 69 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2002] (which enable unpaid corporation tax assessed on a company to be assessed on other persons in certain circumstances), the reference in subsection (1) above to the date when the tax becomes due and payable is a reference to the date when it became due and payable by the company.

F29 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F30 (4A) In a case where—

(a) there is for an accounting period of a company (“the later period”) [F31 a non-trading deficit on the company’s loan relationships,]

(b) as a result of a claim under [F32 section 83(2)(c) of the Finance Act 1996 or paragraph 4(3) of Schedule 11 to that Act the whole or part of the deficit for the later period is set off against profits] of an earlier accounting period (“the earlier period”), and

[F33 (c) if the claim had not been made, there would be an amount or, as the case may be, an additional amount of corporation tax for the earlier period which would carry interest in accordance with this section,]

[F34 then, for the purposes of the determination at any time of whether any interest is payable under this section or of the amount of interest so payable, the amount mentioned in paragraph (c) above shall be taken to be an amount of unpaid corporation tax for the earlier period except so far as concerns interest for any time after the date on which any corporation tax for the later period became (or, as the case may be, would have become) due and payable [F35 as mentioned in subsection (8) below].]]

F36 (4B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) A sum assessed on a company by such an assessment as is referred to in [F37 section 252(5) of the principal Act] (recovery of payment of tax credit or interest on such a payment) shall carry interest at the [F38 rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989] from the date when the payment of tax credit or interest was made until the sum assessed is paid.

F39 [(6) In any case where—

(a) on a claim under section 393A(1) of the principal Act, the whole or any part of a loss incurred in an accounting period (“the later period”) has been set off for the purposes of corporation tax against profits of a preceding accounting period (“the earlier period”);

(b) the earlier period does not fall wholly within the period of twelve months immediately preceding the later period; and

(c) if the claim had not been made, there would be an amount or, as the case may be, an additional amount of corporation tax for the earlier period which would carry interest in accordance with this section,

then, for the purposes of the determination at any time of whether any interest is payable under this section or of the amount of interest so payable, the amount mentioned in paragraph (c) above shall be taken to be an amount of unpaid corporation tax for the earlier period except so far as concerns interest for any time after the date on which any corporation tax for the later period became (or, as the case may be, would have become) due and payable [F40 as mentioned in subsection (8) below].

F41 (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F42 (8) In subsections (4), (4A) and (6) above, any reference to the date on which corporation tax for an accounting period became, or would have become, due and payable shall be construed on the basis that corporation tax for an accounting period becomes due and payable on the day following the expiry of nine months from the end of the accounting period.]

[F43 (9) The power conferred by section 59E of this Act (alteration of date on which corporation tax becomes due and payable) does not include power to make provision in relation to subsection (4), (4A), (6) or (8) above the effect of which would be to change the meaning of references in subsection (4), (4A) or (6) above to the date on which corporation tax for an accounting period became, or would have become, due and payable (as mentioned in subsection (8) above).]]

Textual Amendments

F18 S. 87A inserted by Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51), ss. 85, 95(2)

F19 Finance Act 1989, s. 179(1)(b) and S.I. 1989/1298.

F20 Words in s. 87A(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 24; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F21 Words in s. 87A(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 98(2), Sch. 29 para. 9(3)) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 28 para. 3(4)(a), Sch. 29 para. 9(2)(a) (with Sch. 29 para. 46(5))

F22 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 844, Sch. 29 para. 10(4)(b).

F23 Words in s. 87A(3) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the substituting Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para. 2(9) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3))

F24 Words in s. 87A(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 para. 9(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 29 para. 9(2)(b) (with Sch. 29 para. 46(5))

F25 Words in s. 87A(3) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 29 para. 4(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 40 Pt. 2(12)

F26 Word in s. 87A(3) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 98(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 40 Pt. 2(11)

F27 Words in s. 87A(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 92(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 92(5)

F28 Words in s. 87A(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 84(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2002 (c. 23), Sch. 29 para. 69(4)

F29 S. 87A(4) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 4(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 4(2), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)

F30 S. 87A(4A) inserted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 170, Sch. 18 para.1

F31 Words in s. 87A(4A)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(a) (with Sch. 15)

F32 Words in s. 87A(4A)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 105(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 14 para. 1(1)(b) (with Sch. 15)

F33 S. 87A(4A)(c) substituted (23.3.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 24 paras. 7, 8(a); S.I. 1994/3224, art. 2

F34 Words in s. 87A(4A) substituted (23.3.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 24 paras. 7, 8(b); S.I. 1994/3224, art. 2

F35 Words in s. 87A(4A) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 4(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 4 para. 4(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F36 S. 87A(4B) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 4(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)

F37 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 844, Sch. 29 para. 10(4)(d).

F38 Finance Act 1989, s. 179(1)(b), S.I. 1989/1298.

F39 S. 87A(6)(7) substituted (27.7.1993) for s. 87A(6) by 1993 c. 34, s. 120, Sch. 14 para. 4(2)

F40 Words in s. 87A(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 4(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 4 para. 4(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F41 S. 87A(7) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 para. 4(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 3 para. 4(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(2)

F42 S. 87A(8) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 4(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 4 para. 4(3); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F43 S. 87A(9) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 4 para. 4(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 4 para. 4(4); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C17 S. 87A modified by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 767B(1)(b) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 135(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 135(1)(6))

C18 S. 87A modified (3.5.1994) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 250(4)(5)

C19 S. 87A applied (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 18 para. 52(6) (with Sch. 18 para. 59(2)); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

C20 S. 87A applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Corporation Tax (Instalment Payments) Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/3175), regs. 1(1), 7

C21 S. 87A modified (with effect in accordance with s. 63(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2000 (c. 17), Sch. 15 para. 63(2)

Marginal Citations

M1 1882 c. 61.

F44 88 Interest on tax recovered to make good loss due to taxpayer’s fault. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F44 S. 88 repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 4(1), Sch. 41 Pt. 5(8)

F45 88A Determinations under section 88. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F45 S. 88A repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 4(2)(a), Sch. 41 Pt. 5(8)

F46 89 The prescribed rate of interest. U.K.

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Textual Amendments

F46 S. 89 repealed (18.8.1989) by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), ss. 178(7), 187(1), Sch. 17 Part X

90 Disallowance of relief for interest on tax. U.K.

[F47 (1)] Interest payable under this Part of this Act

[F47 (a)] shall be paid without any deduction of income tax and

[F47 (b)] [F48 subject to subsection (2) below,] shall not be allowed as a deduction in computing any income, profits or losses for any tax purposes.

[F49 (2) Paragraph (b) of subsection (1) above does not apply in relation to interest under section 87 or 87A of this Act payable by a company within the charge to corporation tax.]

Textual Amendments

F47 S. 90(1)(a)(b) renumbered (31.7.1998) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 33(2)

F48 Words in s. 90(1)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 33(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 33(3)

F49 S. 90(2) added (with effect in accordance with s. 33(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 33(4)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C22 S. 90 applied (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 173, Sch. 19 Pt. II para.11(5)

C23 S. 90 applied (with modifications) by the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22), s. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(1)

C24 S. 90 applied by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), Sch. 5 para. 3(4) (repealed (31.1.2013) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2013 (c. 2), s. 3(2), Sch. 1 Pt. 10 Group 1)

C25 Ss. 90, 91 applied (E.W.) (1.4.2000) by Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/944), regs. 1(1), 25(2)

C26 Ss. 90, 91 applied (N.I.) (1.4.2000) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000/121), regs. 1, 25(2)

91 Effect on interest of reliefs. U.K.

(1) Where any amount of interest is payable under section 86 F50 ... of this Act in relation to an assessment, and relief from tax charged by the assessment is given to any person by a discharge of any of that tax, such adjustment shall be made of the said amount, and such repayment shall be made of any amounts previously paid under [F51 that section] in relation to the assessment, as are necessary to secure that the total sum, if any, paid or payable under [F51 that section] in relation to the assessment is the same as it would have been if the tax discharged had never been charged.

[F52 (1A) Where interest is payable under section 87A of this Act in respect of an amount of corporation tax for an accounting period, and relief from tax is given by a discharge of any of that corporation tax—

(a) such adjustment shall be made of the amount of interest payable under that section in respect of corporation tax for that accounting period, and

(b) such repayment shall be made of any amounts of interest previously paid under that section in respect of that corporation tax,

as are necessary to secure that the total sum (if any) paid or payable under that section in respect of corporation tax for that accounting period is the same as it would have been if the tax discharged had never been charged.

(1B) Subsection (1A) above has effect subject to section 87A(4)[F53 , (4A), (4B),] [F54 (6) and (7)] of this Act.]

(2) [F55 Subject to subsection (2A) below] Where relief from tax F56 ... paid for any chargeable period is given to any person by repayment, he shall be entitled to require that the amount repaid shall be treated for the purposes of this section, so far as it will go, as if it were a discharge of the tax charged on him (whether alone or together with other persons) by or by virtue of any assessment for or relating to the same chargeable period, so, however, that it shall not be applied to any assessment made after the relief was given and that it shall not be applied to more than one assessment so as to reduce, without extinguishing, the amount of tax charged thereby.

[F57 (2A) In any case where—

(a) relief from corporation tax is given to any person by repayment, and

(b) that tax was paid for an accounting period ending after the day which is the appointed day for the purposes of section [F58 10 of the principal Act],

that person shall be entitled to require that the amount repaid shall be treated for the purposes of this section, so far as it will go, as if it were a discharge of the corporation tax charged on him for that period.]

(3) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provisions of this section, no relief, whether given by way of discharge or repayment, shall be treated for the purposes of this section as—

F59 (a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b) affecting tax charged by any assessment to income tax made under Schedule A or Schedule D if either—

F59 (i) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(ii) it arises in connection with income taxable otherwise than under Schedule A or Schedule D, or

(iii) it relates to a source income from which is taxable otherwise than under Schedule A or Schedule D [F60 or

(c) affecting tax charged at a rate other than the basic rate[F61 , the lower rate or the starting rate] on income from which tax has been deducted (otherwise than under [F62 PAYE regulations]) or is treated as having been deducted, unless it is a relief from the tax so charged].

(4) For the purposes of this section a relief from corporation tax or capital gains tax shall not be treated as affecting tax charged by any assessment unless the assessment is to the same tax .

Textual Amendments

F50 Words in s. 91(1) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 4(2)(b)(i), Sch. 41 Pt. 5(8)

F51 Words in s. 91(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 17 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 18 para. 4(2)(b)(ii)

F52 S. 91(1A)(1B) inserted (23.7.1987 with effect with respect to accounting periods ending after 30.9.1993) by 1987 c. 51, s. 86(5)(7); S.I. 1992/3066, art.2(2)(a).

F53 Words in s. 91(1B) inserted (23.3.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 24 paras. 7, 10; S.I. 1994/3224, art. 2

F54 Words in s. 91(1B) inserted (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 120, Sch. 14 para.5

F55 Words in s. 91(2) added (23.7.1987 with effect with respect to accounting periods ending after 30.9.1993) by 1987 c. 51, s. 86(6)(7); S.I. 1992/3066, art.2(2)(a).

F56 Amended in relation to development land tax byDevelopment Land Tax Act 1976 Sch.8 para.24and amendment repealed by1985 s.98(6)andSch.27 Part X.

F57 S. 91(2A) added (23.7.1987 with effect with respect to accounting periods ending after 30.9.1993) by 1987 c. 51, s. 86(6)(7); S.I. 1992/3066, art.2(2)(a).

F58 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), s. 844, Sch. 29 para. 10(6).

F59 Words omitted repealed for 1973—74 et seq. by Finance Act 1971 ss. 37, 38, Sch.6 para.88, Sch.14 Part II.

F60 Finance Act 1971 (c. 68), ss.37, 38, Sch.6 para.88, with effect for 1973—74 et seq.

F61 Words in s. 91(3)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 22(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1999 (c. 16), s. 22(11)(b)

F62 Words in s. 91(3)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 136 (with Sch. 7)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C25 Ss. 90, 91 applied (E.W.) (1.4.2000) by Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/944), regs. 1(1), 25(2)

C26 Ss. 90, 91 applied (N.I.) (1.4.2000) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000/121), regs. 1, 25(2)

C27 S. 91 excluded by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 306

F63 91A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . U.K.

Textual Amendments

F63 S. 91A added by Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24) Sch.8 para.25. Development Land Tax Act 1976 repealed by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), s.98(6), Sch.27 Part X.

92 Remission in certain cases of interest on tax in arrear by reason of exchange restrictions. U.K.

(1) The provisions of this section shall have effect where the Board are satisfied as respects any tax carrying interest under section 86 of this Act—

(a) that the tax is in respect of income or chargeable gains arising in a country outside the United Kingdom, and

(b) that, as the result of action of the government of that country, it is impossible for the income or gains to be remitted to the United Kingdom, and

(c) that having regard to the matters aforesaid and to all the other circumstances of the case it is reasonable that the tax should for the time being remain uncollected,

and the Board allow the tax to remain uncollected accordingly.

(2) Interest on the said tax shall, subject to subsection (3) below, cease to run under the said section 86 as from the date on which the Board were first in possession of the information necessary to enable them to be satisfied as aforesaid and, if the said date is not later than three months from the time when the tax became due and payable, the interest thereon under the said section 86 in respect of the period before the said date shall be remitted.

(3) Where, under subsection (2) above, interest has ceased to run on any tax and thereafter demand is made by the collector or other proper officer for payment of all or any of that tax, interest under the said section 86 shall again begin to run from the date of the demand in respect of the amount demanded:

Provided that where all or any part of the amount demanded is paid not later than three months from the date of the demand, the interest under the said section 86 on the amount so paid running from the date of the demand shall be remitted.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C28 S. 92 modified by Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51), s. 86(3)

S. 92 modified by Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), Sch. 5 para. 11(2)