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(1)Where an amount of [F2income tax or capital gains tax] has been repaid to any person which ought not to have been repaid to him, that amount of tax may be assessed and recovered as if it were unpaid tax.
[F3(1A)Subsection (1) above shall not apply where the amount of tax which has been repaid is assessable under section 29 of this Act.]
[F4(1B)Subsections (2) to (8) of section 29 of this Act shall apply in relation to an assessment under subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to an assessment under subsection (1) of that section; and subsection (4) of that section as so applied shall have effect as if the reference to the loss of tax were a reference to the repayment of the amount of tax which ought not to have been repaid.]
(2)In any case where—
(a)a repayment of tax has been increased in accordance with section [F5824 F6... of the principal Act or section] [F7283 of the 1992 Act] (supplements added to repayments of tax, etc.) [F8or section 102 of the Finance Act 2009 (repayment interest)]; and
(b)the whole or any part of that repayment has been paid to any person but ought not to have been paid to him; and
(c)that repayment ought not to have been increased either at all or to any extent;
then the amount of the repayment assessed under subsection (1) above may include an amount equal to the amount by which the repayment ought not to have been increased.
F9(2A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)In any case where—
(a)a payment, other than a repayment of tax to which subsection (2) above applies, is increased in accordance with section [F5824 or 825 of the principal Act or section] [F7283 of the 1992 Act]; and
(b)that payment ought not to have been increased either at all or to any extent;
then an amount equal to the amount by which the payment ought not to have been increased may be assessed and recovered as if it were unpaid income tax F10... .
F11(3A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F12(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F13(4A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F14(5)An assessment under this section shall not be out of time under section 34 of this Act if it is made before the end of whichever of the following ends the later, namely—
(a)the [F15year of assessment] following that in which the amount assessed was repaid or paid as the case may be, or
(b)where a return delivered by the person concerned F16... is enquired into by an officer of the Board, the period ending with the day on which, by virtue of section [F1728A(1B)] of this Act, [F18the enquiry is] completed.]
(6)Subsection (5) above is without prejudice to [F19section 36] of this Act.
(7)In this section any reference to an amount repaid or paid includes a reference to an amount allowed by way of set-off.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 30 substituted (in relation to any amount repaid or paid on or after 6 April 1982) by Finance Act 1982 (c. 39), s. 149(1)(3)
F2Words in s. 30(1) substituted for word (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 13(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F3S. 30(1A) inserted (in relation to amounts of tax repaid on or after 26 July 1990) by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 105
F4S. 30(1B) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 4(1); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F6Words in s. 30(2)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 13(3), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(28); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F7Words in s. 30(2)(a)(3)(a) substituted (6.3.1992 with effect as mentioned in s. 289(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), ss. 289, 290, Sch. 10 para 2(6) (with ss. 60, 101(1), 171, 201(3))
F8Words in s. 30(2)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with art. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 and 102 (Interest on Late Payments and Repayments), Appointed Days and Consequential Provisions Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/992), arts. 1(1), 4(a)
F9S. 30(2A) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 13(4), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(28); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F10Words in s. 30(3) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 13(5), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(28); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F11S. 30(3A) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 13(6), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(28); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F12S. 30(4) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 369, Sch. 3 (with Sch. 2)
F13S. 30(4A) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 13(8), Sch. 27 Pt. 3(28); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F14S. 30(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 4(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F15Words in s. 30(5)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 13(9); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F16Words in s. 30(5)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 23(2)(a), Sch. 33 Pt. 2(13) Note
F17Word in s. 30(5)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 15 para. 44 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 15 para. 16
F18Words in s. 30(5)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 23(2)(c)
F19Words in s. 30(6) substituted by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 149(3)(a) (but not to affect the making of assessments before 1983-84 or for accounting periods before 1 April 1983)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. 4-6 applied (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 9(3)
C2 S. 30 applied by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), Sch. 14 para 7(3)(b)
S. 30 applied by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 57(3)
S. 30 applied by Personal Pension Schemes (Relief at Source) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1013), reg. 13
S. 30 applied by Personal Pension Schemes (Min. Contributions under the Social Security Act 1986) Regulations 1988 (S.I. 1988/1012), reg. 6
S. 30 applied by Private Medical Insurance (Disentitlement to Tax Relief and Approved Benefits) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/2389), reg. 5
C3S. 30 extended by Finance Act 1991 (c. 31), s. 33(3)(b)
C4S. 30 modified (6.4.1992) by The Vocational Training (Public Financial Assistance and Disentitlement to Tax Relief) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/734), reg. 6(1)
C5S. 30 modified (1.7.1994) by The Private Medical Insurance (Disentitlement to Tax Relief and Approved Benefits) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1518), regs. 1, 5
C6S. 30: power to apply conferred (1.5.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 73(4)(b)
C7S. 30 applied (6.4.2006) by The Registered Pension Schemes (Relief at Source) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3448), regs. 1, 14(1)
C8S. 30 applied by Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1), s. 813
S. 30 applied by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1749), reg. 11
C9S. 30(1)(4)(5)(6) applied (with modifications) (1.2.2001) by The Income Tax (Electronic Communications) (Incentive Payments) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/56), regs. 1(1), 3(5), 4(5), 5(5) (with reg. 1(2))
C10S. 30(1)(1B)(4)(5) applied (6.4.2006) by The Registered Pension Schemes (Minimum Contributions) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3450), regs. 1, 2
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