Taxes Management Act 1970

[F128A Completion of enquiry into personal or trustee returnU.K.

(1)An enquiry under section 9A(1) of this Act is completed when an officer of the Board by notice (a “closure notice”) informs the taxpayer that he has completed his enquiries and states his conclusions.

In this section “the taxpayer” means the person to whom notice of enquiry was given.

(2)A closure notice must either—

(a)state that in the officer’s opinion no amendment of the return is required, or

(b)make the amendments of the return required to give effect to his conclusions.

(3)A closure notice takes effect when it is issued.

(4)The taxpayer may apply to the [F2tribunal] for a direction requiring an officer of the Board to issue a closure notice within a specified period.

[F3(5)Any such application is to be subject to the relevant provisions of Part 5 of this Act (see, in particular, section 48(2)(b)).]

(6)The [F4tribunal] shall give the direction applied for unless F5... satisfied that there are reasonable grounds for not issuing a closure notice within a specified period.]