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(1)Where an officer of the Board or the Board discover, as regards a partnership statement made by any person (the representative partner) in respect of any period—
(a)that any profits which ought to have been included in the statement have not been so included, or
(b)that an amount of profits so included is or has become insufficient, or
(c)that any relief [F2or allowance] claimed by the representative partner is or has become excessive,
the officer or, as the case may be, the Board may, subject to subsections (3) and (4) below, by notice to that partner so [F3amend the partnership return] [F4(including anything included in the return by virtue of section 12ABZB(7)(b) (amendment of partnership return following reference to tribunal))] as to make good the omission or deficiency or eliminate the excess.
[F5(2)Where a partnership return is amended under subsection (1) above, the officer shall by notice to each of the relevant partners amend—
(a)the partner’s return under section 8 or 8A of this Act, or
(b)the partner’s company tax return,
so as to give effect to the amendments of the partnership return.]
(3)Where the situation mentioned in subsection (1) above is attributable to an error or mistake as to the basis on which the partnership statement ouade, no amendment shall be made under that subsection if that statement was in fact made on the basis or in accordance with the practice generally prevailing at the time when it was made.
(4)No amendment shall be made under subsection (1) above unless one of the two conditions mentioned below is fulfilled.
(5)The first condition is that the situation mentioned in subsection (1) above [F6was brought about carelessly or deliberately by]—
(a)the representative partner or a person acting on his behalf, or
(b)a relevant partner or a person acting on behalf of such a partner.
(6)The second condition is that at the time when an officer of the Board—
(a)ceased to be entitled to give notice of his intention to enquire into the representative partner’s [F7partnership return]; or
[F8(b)in a case where a notice of enquiry into that return was given—
(i)issued a partial closure notice as regards a matter to which the situation mentioned in subsection (1) above relates, or
(ii)if no such partial closure notice was issued, issued a final closure notice,]
the officer could not have been reasonably expected, on the basis of the information made available to him before that time, to be aware of the situation mentioned in subsection (1) above.
(7)Subsections (6) and (7) of section 29 of this Act apply for the purposes of subsection (6) above as they apply for the purposes of subsection (5) of that section; and those subsections as so applied shall have effect as if—
(a)any reference to the taxpayer were a reference to the representative partner;
(b)any reference to the taxpayer’s return under [F9section 8 or 8A] were a reference to the representative partner’s [F10partnership return]; and
(c)sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) of subsection (7) were omitted.
(8)An objection to the making of an amendment under subsection (1) above on the ground that neither of the two conditions mentioned above is fulfilled shall not be made otherwise than on an appeal against the amendment.
(9)In this section—
[F11“profits”—
in relation to income tax, means income,
in relation to capital gains tax, means chargeable gains, and
in relation to corporation tax, means profits as computed for the purposes of that tax;]
“relevant partner” means a person who was a partner at any time during the period in respect of which the partnership statement was made.
(10)Any reference in this section to the representative partner includes, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to any successor of his.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 30B inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 6; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F2Words in s. 30B(1)(c) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 103(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 115(5)
F3Words in s. 30B(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 24(2)
F4Words in s. 30B(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 6 para. 14 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 6 para. 10(7)
F5S. 30B(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 24(3)
F6Words in s. 30B(5) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 118(2), Sch. 39 para. 4; S.I. 2009/403, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)
F7Words in s. 30B(6)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 24(4)
F8S. 30B(6)(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. 17
F9Words in s. 30B(7)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 14(3); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F10Words in s. 30B(7)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 24(4)
F11Words in s. 30B(9) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 14(4); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pts. 4-6 applied (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 9(3)
C2S. 30B(1)(2) applied (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 13 para. 44(6)
C3S. 30B(3)(4) excluded (1.5.1995) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 22 para. 11(2)(3)
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