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189. In these Regulations—
“approved method of electronic communications”, in relation to the delivery of information or the making of a payment in accordance with a provision of these Regulations, means a method of electronic communications which has been approved, by specific or general directions issued by the Board of Inland Revenue, for the delivery of information of that kind or the making of a payment of that kind under that provision;
“electronic communications” has the meaning given in section 132(10) of the Finance Act 1999(1);
“official computer system” means a computer system maintained by or on behalf of the Board of Inland Revenue or an officer of the Board.
190.—(1) For the purposes of Chapters 3 and 4, the Board of Inland Revenue may announce each tax year a date (“the specified date”) for the following tax year.
(2) Any announcement must be made by means of a direction no later than 30th November in a tax year.
(3) The specified date for a tax year applies in respect of specified payments due to be made in respect of that year and specified information required to be delivered in respect of that year.
191.—(1) “Large employer” means an employer treated as paying PAYE income to 250 or more employees at the specified date.
(2) “Large or medium sized employer” means an employer treated as paying PAYE income to 50 or more employees at the specified date.
(3) An employer is treated as paying PAYE income to an employee at the specified date if the employer—
(a)is required at that date by these Regulations F1... to prepare or maintain a deductions working sheet in respect of the employee, and
(b)has not sent to the Inland Revenue Part 1 of Form P45 in respect of that employee.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 191(3)(a) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn, etc.), (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/777), regs. 1(1), 4
Commencement Information
192. For the purpose of these Regulations, information is taken to have been delivered to an official computer system by an approved method of electronic communications only if it is accepted by that official computer system.
193.—(1) A document certified by the Inland Revenue to be a printed-out version of any information delivered by an approved method of electronic communications is evidence, unless the contrary is proved, that the information—
(a)was delivered by an approved method of electronic communications on that occasion, and
(b)constitutes everything which was delivered on that occasion.
(2) A document which purports to be a certificate given in accordance with paragraph (1) is presumed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is proved.
194. The identity of—
(a)the person sending any information delivered by an approved method of electronic communications to the Inland Revenue, or
(b)the person receiving any information delivered by an approved method of electronic communications by the Inland Revenue,
is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be the person recorded as such on an official computer system.
195.—(1) Any information delivered by an approved method of electronic communications—
(a)to the Inland Revenue, or
(b)to an official computer system,
on behalf of a person is taken to have been delivered by that person.
(2) But this does not apply if the person proves that the information was delivered without the person’s knowledge or connivance.
196.—(1) The use of an approved method of electronic communications is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have resulted in the delivery of information—
(a)to the Inland Revenue, if the delivery of the information has been recorded on an official computer system;
(b)by the Inland Revenue, if the despatch of the information has been recorded on an official computer system.
(2) The use of an approved method of electronic communications is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, not to have resulted in the delivery of information—
(a)to the Inland Revenue, if the delivery of the information has not been recorded on an official computer system;
(b)by the Inland Revenue, if the despatch of the information has not been recorded on an official computer system.
(3) The time of receipt or despatch of any information delivered by an approved method of electronic communications is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be the time recorded on an official computer system.
197.—(1) The use of a method of electronic communications is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to have resulted in the making of a payment—
(a)to the Inland Revenue, if the making of the payment has been recorded on an official computer system;
(b)by the Inland Revenue, if the despatch of the payment has been recorded on an official computer system.
(2) The use of a method of electronic communications is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, not to have resulted in the making of a payment—
(a)to the Inland Revenue, if the making of the payment has not been recorded on an official computer system;
(b)by the Inland Revenue, if the despatch of the payment has not been recorded on an official computer system.
(3) The time of receipt or despatch of any payment sent by a method of electronic communications is presumed, unless the contrary is proved, to be the time recorded on an official computer system.
(4) In this regulation, “the Inland Revenue” means the Board of Inland Revenue or any officer of the Board.
198.—(1) This regulation applies to information which is required to be delivered to the Board of Inland Revenue or to the Inland Revenue under a provision of these Regulations.
(2) The use of a method of electronic communications for the purpose of delivering such information is conclusively presumed not to have resulted in the delivery of that information, unless that method of electronic communications is for the time being approved for delivery of information of that kind under that provision.
199.—(1) A large employer to whom an e-payment notice in respect of a tax year has been issued must use an approved method of electronic communications to make specified payments.
(2) “Specified payments”, in this Chapter, means payments of tax under regulation 68 (periodic payments to and recoveries from the Revenue) in respect of tax months in the tax year to which the e-payment notice relates.
(3) The Board of Inland Revenue may give specific or general directions—
(a)suspending, for any period during which the use of an approved method of electronic communications for the making of specified payments is impossible or impractical, any requirement imposed by these Regulations relating to the use of such methods,
(b)substituting alternative requirements for the suspended ones, and
(c)making any provision that is necessary in consequence of the imposition of the substituted requirements.
[F2(4) This regulation does not apply to a payment of tax in respect of retrospective employment income for a closed year.]
Textual Amendments
F2Reg. 199(4) added (6.4.2007) by The Income Tax (Pay as You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1077), regs. 1, 17
Commencement Information
200.—(1) “E-payment notice” means a notice issued by the Inland Revenue in respect of a tax year that the employer is a large employer and accordingly is required to use an approved method of electronic communications for the making of specified payments.
(2) An e-payment notice in respect of a tax year must be issued by 31st December following the specified date for that tax year.
(3) An employer may appeal against an e-payment notice by giving notice to the Inland Revenue within 30 days of the issue of the e-payment notice.
(4) The grounds of appeal are that the employer is not a large employer.
(5) If the appeal is successful the e-payment notice must be withdrawn.
(6) Regulation 217 (appeals: supplementary provisions) applies to appeals under this regulation.
201.—(1) This regulation applies if an employer is required to make a specified payment by an approved method of electronic communications in accordance with regulation 199.
(2) The employer is in default if the specified payment is not received in full by the Inland Revenue (whether by an approved method of electronic communications or otherwise) on or before the date by which that payment is required in accordance with regulation 69 (due date for payments of tax).
(3) But the employer is not in default if—
(a)the employer had a reasonable excuse for failing to make the specified payment in a manner which secures that it is received in full by the Inland Revenue on or before the applicable due date, and
(b)the specified payment is received in full by the Inland Revenue without unreasonable delay after the excuse ceased.
(4) Inability to pay is not a reasonable excuse for the purposes of paragraph (3)(a).
(5) A payment is not treated as received in full by the Inland Revenue on or before the date by which that payment is required in accordance with regulation 69 unless it is made in a manner which secures (in a case where the payment is made otherwise than in cash) that, on or before that date, all transactions can be completed which need to be completed before the whole amount of the payment becomes available to the Inland Revenue.
202.—(1) The Inland Revenue must issue a default notice to any person who appears to be in default under regulation 201 in respect of a specified payment.
(2) A person may appeal against a default notice by giving notice to the Inland Revenue within 30 days of the issue of the default notice.
(3) The grounds of appeal are—
(a)that the person is not in default, or
(b)that the person is not a large employer, subject to paragraph (5).
(4) If the appeal is successful the default notice must be withdrawn.
(5) Paragraph (3)(b) does not apply if, following an appeal under regulation 200, the e-payment notice was not withdrawn.
(6) Regulation 217 (appeals: supplementary provisions) applies to appeals under this regulation.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Reg. 202 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 70(1)(a) (with reg. 1(6))
Commencement Information
203.—(1) An employer in default in respect of any specified payment to whom—
(a)a default notice under regulation 202, and
(b)a surcharge notice under regulation 204,
have been issued, is liable to a surcharge.
(2) The surcharge is the sum of the surcharges, calculated in accordance with paragraph (3), in respect of each default relating to the tax year in which were made the relevant payments to which the specified payment referred to in paragraph (1) relates.
(3) The surcharge in respect of each default is the specified percentage of (A − B).
(4) In paragraph (3)—
(a)A is the total amount of tax due for the tax year in which the relevant payments to which the specified payment relates were made;
(b)B is the total of the amounts deducted from A under—
F3(i). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(ii)regulations 4, 5 and 6 of the Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) and Miscellaneous Amendment Regulations 1994(2),
(iii)regulations 3 and 5 of the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Administration) Regulations 2002(3), and
(iv)regulation 44B of the Income Tax (Sub-contractors in the Construction Industry) Regulations 1993(4);
(c)the specified percentage is determined by reference to the number of the default during a surcharge period in accordance with Table 8.
1. Default number (within a surcharge period) | 2. Specified percentage |
---|---|
1st | 0% |
2nd | 0% |
3rd | 0.17% |
4th | 0.17% |
5th | 0.17% |
6th | 0.33% |
7th | 0.33% |
8th | 0.33% |
9th | 0.58% |
10th | 0.58% |
11th | 0.58% |
12th and subsequent defaults | 0.83% |
(5) A surcharge period is a period which—
(a)begins on the day following the date by which payment is required in accordance with regulation 69 for the first specified payment in respect of which the employer is in default, and
(b)ends at the end of a tax year in relation to which the employer has not been in default in respect of any specified payment.
(6) A surcharge payable under this regulation is payable 30 days after the issue of the surcharge notice.
(7) Section 102 of TMA(5) (mitigation of penalties) applies to a surcharge payable under this regulation as if it were a penalty.
[F4(8) Section 108 of the Finance Act 2009 (suspension of penalties during currency of agreement for deferred payment) applies to a surcharge payable under this regulation with the following modifications—
(a)in the Table in subsection (5), insert at the end—
“Specified payments within the meaning of regulation 199 of the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 | Surcharge under regulation 203 of the Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003.” |
, and
(b)omit subsections (7), (8), (9) and (11).]
Textual Amendments
F3Reg. 203(4)(b)(i) omitted (6.4.2006) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn, etc.), (Amendment) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/777), regs. 1(1), 5
F4Reg. 203(8) inserted (with effect in relation to deferred payment agreements made on or after 13.8.3009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(3), 4
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2Reg. 203 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 70(1)(b) (with reg. 1(6))
Commencement Information
204.—(1) The Inland Revenue must issue a surcharge notice to an employer who has been in default on three or more occasions during a surcharge period and consequently will be liable to a surcharge under regulation 203.
(2) The surcharge notice must show the total surcharge liability for the tax year.
(3) The surcharge notice must be issued within 6 years of—
(a)the end of the tax year, or
(b)if earlier, the date on which the employer delivered a return in accordance with regulation 73 (annual return of relevant payments liable to deduction of tax (Forms P35 and P14)).
(4) An employer may appeal against a surcharge notice by giving notice to the Inland Revenue within 30 days of the issue of the surcharge notice.
(5) The grounds of appeal are—
(a)that the number of defaults stated in the notice is incorrect, or
(b)that the amount of the surcharge is incorrect.
(6) But paragraph (5)(a) does not apply in respect of a disputed default which has already been the subject of an appeal under regulation 202, following which the default notice was not withdrawn.
(7) Parts 4, 5 and 6 of TMA (assessment, appeals, collection and recovery) apply to the surcharge notice as if it were an assessment and the amount of the surcharge was tax charged by the assessment, subject to paragraphs (4), (5) and (8).
(8) On an appeal section 50(6) to (8) of TMA (procedure) do not apply, but the [F5tribunal] may—
(a)if it appears F6... that no surcharge has been incurred, set the surcharge notice aside,
(b)if the amount of the total surcharge liability appears F7... to be correct, confirm the surcharge notice, or
(c)if the amount of the total surcharge liability appears F8...to be incorrect, increase or reduce it to the correct amount.
(9) Regulation 217(3) (appeals: supplementary provisions) applies to appeals under this regulation.
Textual Amendments
F5Word in reg. 204(8) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 110(2)
F6Words in reg. 204(8)(a) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 110(3)
F7Words in reg. 204(8)(b) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 110(3)
F8Words in reg. 204(8)(c) omitted (1.4.2009) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 110(3)
Commencement Information
205. An employer (as to which see regulation 206) must deliver a relevant annual return by an approved method of electronic communications to HMRC.
Textual Amendments
F9Regs. 205-205B substituted for reg. 205 (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 5 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
205A. A specified employer (as to which see regulation 206) must deliver specified information by an approved method of electronic communications to HMRC.
Textual Amendments
F9Regs. 205-205B substituted for reg. 205 (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 5 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
205B.—(1) The Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs may make a general or specific direction requiring an employer or a specified employer to deliver any relevant annual return or specified information by a particular approved method of electronic communications.
(2) Any relevant annual return or specified information may be delivered by a person on behalf of an employer or a specified employer.
(3) Regulations 205 and 205A do not apply to any relevant annual return or specified information which relates to payments of tax due under a retrospective tax provision for a closed year.
(4) References in this Chapter to information and to the delivery of information must be construed in accordance with section 135(8) of the Finance Act 2002 (mandatory e-filing).]
Textual Amendments
F9Regs. 205-205B substituted for reg. 205 (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 5 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
206.—(1) In this Chapter, “specified employer” means—
(a)a large employer, or
(b)a large or medium sized employer,
to whom an e-filing notice for a tax year has been issued by 31st December following the specified date for the tax year.
[F11(2) The following are not specified employers and, for the purposes of this Chapter, shall not be regarded as employers—
(a)an individual who is a practising member of a religious society or order whose beliefs are incompatible with the use of electronic communications;
(b)a partnership, if all the partners fall within sub-paragraph (a);
(c)a company, if all the directors and company secretary fall within sub-paragraph (a);
(d)an employer who is authorised by HMRC to deduct tax from relevant payments made to employees in accordance with regulation 34 (simplified deduction scheme for personal employees) and who has not received an incentive payment; and
(e)a care and support employer.]
(3) In paragraph (2)(c), “company” means a body corporate or unincorporated association but does not include a partnership.
[F12(4) In paragraph (2)(e), “a care and support employer” means an individual (“the employer”) who employs a person to provide domestic or personal services at or from the employer’s home where—
(a)the services are provided to the employer or a member of the employer’s family;
(b)the recipient of the services has a physical or mental disability, or is elderly or infirm;
(c)the employer has not received an incentive payment in respect of any of the last 3 tax years; and
(d)it is the employer who delivers the relevant annual return (and not some other person on the employer’s behalf).
(5) In this regulation an “incentive payment” means an incentive payment received under the Income Tax (Incentive Payments for Voluntary Electronic Communication of PAYE Returns) Regulations 2003.]
Textual Amendments
F10Reg. 206 heading substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 6 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F11Reg. 206(2) substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 7(a) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F12Reg. 206(4)(5) inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 7(b) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
Commencement Information
I17Reg. 206 in force at 6.4.2004, see reg. 1
206A.—(1) In this Chapter “relevant annual return” means the return and accompanying information required by regulation 73 (annual return of relevant payments liable to deduction of tax (Forms P35 and P14)).
(2) But relevant annual return does not include information supplied under special arrangements for the collection of tax made under regulation 141 (direct collection and special arrangements).]
Textual Amendments
F13Reg. 206A inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 8 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
207.—[F14(1) In this Chapter, “specified information” means—
(a)Part 1 of Form P45;
(b)Part 3 of Form P45;
(c)Form P46;
(d)Form P46(Pen);
F15(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
(2) But specified information does not include information supplied under special arrangements for the collection of tax made under regulation 141 (direct collection and special arrangements).
Textual Amendments
F14Reg. 207(1) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 19
F15Reg. 207(1)(e) omitted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 9 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
Commencement Information
I18Reg. 207 in force at 6.4.2004, see reg. 1
208.—(1) In this Chapter, “e-filing notice” means a notice issued by [F16HMRC] in respect of a tax year that an employer—
(a)is a large or a large or medium sized employer, and
(b)does not fall within regulation 206(2) F17...,
and accordingly is required to use an approved method of electronic communications for the delivery of specified information for the tax year.
(2) An employer may appeal against an e-filing notice by notice to [F16HMRC] within 30 days of the issue of the e-filing notice.
(3) The grounds of appeal are that the employer does not satisfy the description specified.
(4) If an appeal is successful the e-filing notice must be withdrawn.
(5) Regulation 217 (appeals: supplementary provisions) applies to appeals under this regulation.
Textual Amendments
F16Word in reg. 208 substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 10(a) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F17Words in reg. 208(1)(b) omitted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 10(b) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
Commencement Information
I19Reg. 208 in force at 6.4.2004, see reg. 1
[F18209.—(1) Any relevant annual return or specified information delivered by a method of electronic communications must meet the standards of accuracy and completeness set by specific or general directions given by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs.
(2) Any relevant annual return or specified information which fails to meet those standards must be treated as not having been delivered.]
Textual Amendments
F18Reg. 209 substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 11 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
210.—[F21(A1) An employer who fails to deliver a relevant annual return or any part of it in accordance with regulation 205 is liable to a penalty.]
(1) A specified employer who fails to deliver specified information or any part of it in accordance with regulation [F22205A] is liable to a penalty.
[F23(2) Where paragraph (A1) applies the penalty must be determined in accordance with regulation 210A.]
(3) The penalty must be determined in accordance with regulation 210B in all other cases.
(4) Regulation 210C applies irrespective of how the penalty falls to be determined.
Textual Amendments
F19Regs. 210-210C substituted for reg. 210 (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 20
F20Reg. 210 heading substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 12 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F21Reg. 210(A1) inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 13(a) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F22Word in reg. 210(1) substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 13(b) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F23Reg. 210(2) substituted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 13(c) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3Reg. 210 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 70(1)(c) (with reg. 1(6))
210A. Table 9 sets out the penalty for the tax year ending 5th April 2010, depending on the number of employees for whom particulars should have been included with the relevant annual return.
1 Number of employees for whom particulars should have been included with the relevant annual return | 2 Penalty |
---|---|
1-5 6-49 50-249 250-399 400-499 500-599 600-699 700-799 800-899 900-999 1000 or more | 0 £100 £600 £900 £1200 £1500 £1800 £2100 £2400 £2700 £3000 |
Textual Amendments
F19Regs. 210-210C substituted for reg. 210 (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 20
F24 Regs. 210A, 201AA substituted for reg. 210A (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 14 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
210AA. Table 9ZA sets out the penalty for the tax year ending 5th April 2011 and subsequent years, depending on the number of employees for whom particulars should have been included with the relevant annual return.
1 Number of employees for whom particulars should have been included with the relevant annual return | 2 Penalty |
---|---|
1-5 6-49 50-249 250-399 400-499 500-599 600-699 700-799 800-899 900-999 1000 or more | £100 £300 £600 £900 £1200 £1500 £1800 £2100 £2400 £2700 £3000] |
Textual Amendments
F19Regs. 210-210C substituted for reg. 210 (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 20
F24 Regs. 210A, 201AA substituted for reg. 210A (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 14 (with reg. 1(5)(6))
210B.—(1) This regulation applies for the tax quarter ending on 5th April 2010 and the tax year ending on 5th April 2011 (the “relevant period”).
(2) Table 9A sets out the penalties for the relevant period depending on the number of items of specified information the employer has failed to deliver in each tax quarter falling within that period.
1. Number of items of specified information the employer has failed to deliver in the tax quarter | 2. Penalty |
---|---|
1 – 5 | Nil |
6 – 49 | £100 |
50 – 149 | £300 |
150 – 299 | £600 |
300 – 399 | £900 |
400 - 499 | £1,200 |
500 – 599 | £1,500 |
600 - 699 | £1,800 |
700 – 799 | £2,100 |
800 – 899 | £2,400 |
900 – 999 | £2,700 |
1000 or more | £3,000 |
(3) Each of the types of specified information mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of regulation 207(1) counts as a separate item of specified information for this purpose.
(4) An item of specified information counts even if it relates to the same employee as one or more other items.
Textual Amendments
F19Regs. 210-210C substituted for reg. 210 (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 20
210C.—(1) An employer is not liable to a penalty if the employer had a reasonable excuse for failing to comply with regulation 205 [F25or regulation 205A] which had not ceased at the time the [F26relevant annual return or] specified information was delivered.
(2) A notice of appeal against a determination under section 100 of TMA of a penalty can only be on the grounds that—
(a)the employer is not a specified employer, subject to paragraph (3),
[F27(aa)the employer is not regarded as an employer the purposes of this Chapter]
(b)the employer did comply with regulation 205 [F28or regulation 205A],
(c)the amount of the penalty is incorrect, or
(d)paragraph (1) applies.
(3) An employer may not appeal on the grounds that the employer is not a specified employer if the employer has already appealed under regulation 208(2) (appeal against e-filing notice).
(4) Section 103A of TMA (interest on penalties) applies to this penalty.]
Textual Amendments
F19Regs. 210-210C substituted for reg. 210 (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 20
F25Words in reg. 210C(1) inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 15(a)(i) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F26Words in reg. 210C(1) inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 15(a)(ii) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F27Reg. 210C(2)(aa) inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 15(b)(i) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
F28Words in reg. 210C(2)(b) inserted (13.8. 2009 with effect in relation to the tax year 2009-10 and subsequent tax years) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2029), regs. 1(2)(4), 15(b)(ii) (with reg. 1(5)(6))
211.—(1) Table 10 applies to determine how employers must or may comply with the requirements of the regulations listed in column 1.
(2) The requirements of the regulation must be complied with in a document or format provided or approved by the Board of Inland Revenue if so indicated in column 4.
(3) Where appropriate, the relevant form number is listed in column 3.
(4) Instead of sending a document to the Inland Revenue, the requirements of the regulation may be complied with by an employer arranging for the information it would contain to be delivered to the Inland Revenue by an approved method of electronic communications if so indicated in column 5.
1. | 2. | 3. | 4. | 5. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Regulation | Description of information | Form number | Approved document or format | Electronic communications |
35(3), (4), (5)(a) | simplified deduction scheme: deductions working sheet | Form P12 | yes | yes |
35(5)(b) | simplified deductions scheme: annual return of deductions working sheets | Form P37 | yes | yes |
36(1), (2)(a) | cessation of employment | Form P45, Part 1 | yes | yes |
36(1), (2)(b) | cessation of employment | Form P45, Parts 1A, 2, 3 | yes | no |
38(1) | death of employee | Form P45, Part 1 | yes | yes |
39(1) | death of pensioner | Form P45, Part 1 | yes | yes |
42(8) | procedure if new employer receives Form P45 | Form P45, Part 3 | yes | yes |
46(4), 47(2)(a) 48(2)(a) 49(2)(a) | information to be provided if code not known | Form P46 | yes | yes |
52(3) | late presentation of Form P45 | Form P45, Part 3 | yes | yes |
[F2955(3)(a) | information on retirement | P46(Pen) | yes | yes] |
56(3) | procedure if new pension payer receives Form P45 | Form P45, Part 3 | yes | yes |
57(2) | information to be provided if code not known (non-UK resident pensioners) | [F30Form P46(Pen)] | yes | yes |
58(3) | information to be provided if code not known (UK resident pensioners) | [F30Form P46(Pen)] | yes | yes |
60(3) | late presentation of Form P45 | Form P45, Part 3 | yes | yes |
67(1) | information to employees about payments and tax deducted | Form P60 | yes | no |
73 | annual return of relevant payments liable to deduction of tax | Forms P35 and P14 | yes | yes |
[F3173A | annual return of relevant payments by virtue of a retrospective tax provision | Form P35 (RL | yes | no] |
74 | annual return of relevant payments not liable to deduction of tax | Form P38A | yes | yes |
77(4) | return of tax for which employer is liable under regulation 68 | Form P100 | yes | no |
85(1)(a) | employers: annual return of other PAYE income | Form P9D | yes | no |
85(1)(a) and (b) | employers: annual return of other PAYE income: benefits code employee | Form P11D | yes | yes |
85(2) | employers: annual return of other PAYE income: declaration | Form P11D(b) | yes | yes |
90(2) | quarterly return of cars becoming available or unavailable | Form P46 (car) | yes | yes |
129(1) | reserve forces' pay: certificate of tax deducted | Form P59 | yes | no |
132(1) | reserve forces' pay: end of year certificate | Form P60 | yes | no |
137(1) | holiday pay funds: certificate of tax deducted | Form P403 | yes | no |
152(2) | deductions working sheet for claimants awarded taxable JSA | Form PB8 | yes | no |
153(9) | Department’s return for claimant who delivers Form P45 | Forms PB3 and P45 Part 3 | yes | no |
154(2) | Department’s return for claimant who does not deliver Form P45 | Form PB3 | yes | no |
157(2)(b) | claimant’s end of year certificate | Form P60U | yes | no |
157(2)(c) | Department’s end of year return | Form P14U | yes | no |
159(2) | cessation of award of JSA | Form P45U | yes | no |
160(2)(b) | Department’s notification of taxable JSA adjustment | Form P180 | yes | no |
164(2) | Department’s quarterly statement to Board of receipts and payments in respect of taxable JSA | – | yes | no |
[F32184D | deductions working sheet for claimants awarded taxable ESA | Form PB8 | yes | no |
184E(9) | Department’s return for claimant who delivers form P45 | Forms PB8 and P45 Part 3 | yes | yes |
184(G)(1) | Department’s return for claimant who does not deliver form P45 | Form PB3 | yes | yes |
184I(2)(b) | claimant’s end of year certificate | Form P60ESA | yes | no |
184J(2) | Department’s end of year return | Form P14U | yes | yes |
184L(1) | cessation of award of ESA | Form P45ESA | yes | yes |
184Q(2)(b) | Department’s notification of taxable ESA adjustment | Form P180 | yes | no |
184S(2) | Department’s quarterly statement to HMRC of receipts and payments in respect of taxable ESA | yes | no] |
(5) If an employer delivers electronically the return required by regulation 73 (annual return of relevant payments liable to deduction of tax (Forms P35 and P14)), the statement and declaration and the certificate must, instead of being signed as required by regulation 73(8), be authenticated by or on behalf of the employer in such manner as may be approved by the Board of Inland Revenue.
[F33(6) For the purposes of this regulation “ESA” means employment and support allowance.]
Textual Amendments
F29Words in reg. 211 Table 10 substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 21(a)
F30Words in reg. 211 Table 10 substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 21(b)
F31Words in reg. 211 Table 10 inserted (6.4.2007) by The Income Tax (Pay as You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1077), regs. 1, 19
F32Words in reg. 211(4) Table 10 inserted (27.10.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 4(2)
F33Reg. 211(6) inserted (27.10.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 4(3)
Commencement Information
212.—(1) This regulation applies if instead of sending to the Inland Revenue [F35Form P46(Pen)] a pension payer delivers the information it would contain to the Inland Revenue by an approved method of electronic communications (as permitted by regulation 211).
(2) For sub-paragraphs (a) to (m) of regulation 55(4) (information to be provided in [F36Form P46(Pen)]) substitute—
“(a)the pension payer’s PAYE reference,
(b)the pensioner’s name,
(c)the date of retirement,
(d)the date on which the pension started,
(e)the pensioner’s code immediately before retirement and whether it was being used on the cumulative basis,
(f)if the pensioner’s code immediately before retirement was used on the cumulative basis—
(i)the tax week or tax month in which the last relevant payment before retirement was made to the pensioner or, in a case falling within regulation 24, was treated as having been made,
(ii)the total payments to date at the date of retirement,
(iii)the total net tax deducted,
(g)any number used to identify the pensioner,
(h)the tax code in use for the pensioner, and whether it is being used on the cumulative basis,
(i)the pensioner’s address, F37...
(j)the pensioner’s sex,
(k)the pensioner’s national insurance number, if known,
(l)the pensioner’s date of birth, F38...
(m)the amount of pension payable annually.”
Textual Amendments
F34Reg. 212 heading substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 22(a)
F35Words in reg. 212(1) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 22(b)
F36Words in reg. 212(2) substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 22(c)(i)
F37Words in reg. 212(2)(i) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 22(c)(ii)
F38Words in reg. 212(2)(l) omitted (6.4.2009) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 22(c)(ii)
Commencement Information
213.—(1) Table 11 applies to determine how the Inland Revenue may comply with requirements of the regulations listed in column 1.
(2) Instead of sending a document to the employer or (where relevant) the employer’s agent, the requirements of the regulation may be complied with by the Inland Revenue arranging for the information it would contain to be delivered to the employer or (where relevant) the employer’s agent by an approved method of electronic communications if so indicated in column 4.
(3) The relevant form number is listed in column 3.
1. | 2 | 3. | 4. |
---|---|---|---|
Regulation | Description of information | Form number | Electronic communications |
8(2), 20(2) | issue of code to employer or agent | Form P6 or P9 | yes |
20(5), (6) | notice to employer to amend codes | Form P7X or P9X | yes |
53(2) | notice to employer of payments and total net tax deducted | Form P6 | yes |
61(2) | notice to pension payer of payments and total net tax deducted | Form P6 | yes |
[F39199(1) | e-payment notice | MP(L)(Band 1) | yes |
206(1) | e-filing notice | MP(L)(Band 1) | yes] |
(4) But the Inland Revenue may only deliver information by an approved method of electronic communications if the employer or employer’s agent (as the case may be) has consented to delivery of information in that way, and the Inland Revenue have not been notified that the consent has been withdrawn.
(5) References in paragraphs (2) and (4) to an employer’s agent are to a person acting on behalf of the employer.
Textual Amendments
F39Words in reg. 213(3) Table 11 added (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(2), 23
Commencement Information
214.—(1) An employee must comply with the requirements of the regulations listed in column 1 of Table 12 in a document or format provided or approved by the Board of Inland Revenue.
(2) Where appropriate, the relevant form number is listed in column 3 of the Table.
1. | 2. | 3. |
---|---|---|
Regulation | Subject | Form number |
46(2) | Form P46 where employer does not receive Form P45 and code not known | Form P46 |
145(1) | direct collection: return when relevant payments cease | – |
146(1) | direct collection: end of year return | Form P14 |
147(2) | direct collection: return of unpaid tax | – |
154(3) | claimant’s certificate of full-time education | Form P187 |
[F40184G(3) | claimant’s certificate of full-time education | Form P187] |
Textual Amendments
F40Words in reg. 214(2) Table 12 inserted (27.10.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 5(2)
Commencement Information
215. In these Regulations—
“Form P45” means the form provided or approved for use in accordance with regulations 36 (cessation of employment: Form P45), 38 (death of employee) or 39 (death of pensioner);
“Parts 2 and 3 of Form P45” means—
the Parts 2 and 3 of the Form P45 provided to the employee or claimant (as the case may be) in accordance with regulation 36, F42...
the Parts 2 and 3 of the Form P45 provided to the claimant in accordance with regulation 159 (cessation of award: Form P45U); [F43or]
[F44the Parts 2 and 3 of the Form P45 provided to the claimant in accordance with regulation 184L (cessation of award: Form P45ESA);]
[F45“Form P45ESA” means the form required to be completed in accordance with regulation 184L;]
“Form P45U” means the form required to be completed in accordance with [F46regulation 159 or 184L];
[F47“Form P46” means the form provided or approved for use in accordance with regulation 46 (form P46 where employer does not receive P45 and code not known);]
[F48“Form P46(Pen)” means the form provided or approved for use in accordance with regulation 55(3)(a), 57(2) or 58(3).]
Textual Amendments
F41Reg. 215 heading substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 24(a)
F42Word in reg. 215(a) omitted (27.10.2008) by virtue of The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 6(2)(a)
F43Word in reg. 215(b) inserted (27.10.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 6(2)(b)
F44Reg. 215(c) inserted (27.10.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 6(2)(c)
F45Words in reg. 215 inserted (27.10.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 6(3)
F46Words in reg. 215 substituted (27.10.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/2601), regs. 1, 6(4)
F47Words in reg. 215 substituted (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 24(b)
F48Words in reg. 215 added (6.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/2969), regs. 1(3), 24(c)
Commencement Information
216. Any notice or deductions working sheet which is authorised or required to be given, served or issued under these Regulations may be sent by post.
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