Taxes Management Act 1970

[F1 [F2 Keeping and preserving of records U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1A inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 35; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F2 Sch. 1A para. 2A and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 103(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 20 para. 2

2A (1) Any person who may wish to make a claim in relation to a year of assessment or other period shall— U.K.

(a) keep all such records as may be requisite for the purpose of enabling him to make a correct and complete claim; and

(b) shall preserve those records until the end of the relevant day.

(2) In relation to a claim, the relevant day for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) above is whichever of the following is the latest, namely—

(a) where enquiries into the claim or any amendment of the claim are made by an officer of the Board, the day on which, by virtue of paragraph 7(4) below, those enquiries are treated as completed; and

(b) where no enquiries into the claim or any amendment of the claim are so made, the day on which such an officer no longer has power to make such enquiries.

(3) [F3 Except in the case of records falling within section 12B(4A) of this Act [F4 or paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998],] the duty under sub-paragraph (1) above to preserve records may be discharged by the preservation of the information contained in them; and where the information is so preserved a copy of any document forming part of the records shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings before the Commissioners to the same extent as the records themselves.

(4) [F5 Subject to sub-paragraph (5) below,] any person who fails to comply with sub-paragraph (1) above in relation to any claim which is made for a year of assessment or accounting period shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000.

[F6 (5) Sub-paragraph (4) above does not apply where—

(a) the records which the person fails to keep or preserve are records falling within paragraph (a) of section 12B(4A) of this Act [F7 or paragraph 22(3) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998]; and

(b) an officer of the Board is satisfied that any facts which he reasonably requires to be proved, and which would have been proved by the records, are proved by other documentary evidence furnished to him.]]]

Textual Amendments

F3 Words in Sch. 1A para. 2A(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 124(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 124(6) (with s. 124(9))

F4 Words in Sch. 1A para. 2A(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 42(4); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F5 Words in Sch. 1A para. 2A(4) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 124(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 124(7) (with s. 124(9))

F6 Sch. 1A para. 2A(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 124(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), s. 124(8) (with s. 124(9))

F7 Words in Sch. 1A para. 2A(5)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 42(4); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2