The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003

Repayment to reservist during tax year

130.—(1) The Ministry must not repay tax in respect of reserve pay to a reservist.

(2) If a reservist applies for a repayment of tax deducted from reserve pay, the Inland Revenue may make such repayment at any time during the tax year as may be appropriate.

(3) In deciding what is appropriate the Inland Revenue must have regard to—

(a) the reserve pay of the reservist for the period from the beginning of the tax year up to and including the date of the application,

(b) the amount of tax deducted from the reserve pay as evidenced by certificates of pay and tax supplied under regulation 129,

(c) any reliefs from income tax to which the reservist is entitled, and

(d) the reservist’s other PAYE income for the tax year and, unless the reservist objects, the reservist’s income for the tax year from all other sources, and liability to tax on that income, as estimated by the Inland Revenue.