40 Assessment on personal representatives.U.K.
(1)For the purpose of the charge of tax on the executors or administrators of a deceased person in respect of the income, or chargeable gains, which arose or accrued to him before his death, the time allowed by section 34, 35[F1, 36 or 36A] above shall in no case extend [F2more than 4 years after the end of] [F3the year of assessment] in which the deceased died.
(2)[F4In a case involving a loss of tax brought about carelessly or deliberately by a person who has died (or another person acting on that person's behalf before that person's death)], an assessment on his personal representatives to tax for any year of assessment ending not earlier than six years before his death may be made at any time [F5not more than 4 years after the end of] [F3the year of assessment] in which he died.
(3)In [F6this section] “tax” means income tax or capital gains tax.
[F7(4)Any act or omission such as is mentioned in section 98B below, on the part of a grouping (as defined in that section) or member of a grouping shall be deemed for the purposes of subsection (2) above to be the act or omission of each member of the grouping.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 40(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 80(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 80(4)
F2Words in s. 40(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 118(2), Sch. 39 para. 11(2); S.I. 2009/403, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)
F3Words in s. 40(1)(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 12; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F4Words in s. 40(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 118(2), Sch. 39 para. 11(3)(a); S.I. 2009/403, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)
F5Words in s. 40(2) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 118(2), Sch. 39 para. 11(3)(b); S.I. 2009/403, art. 2(2) (with art. 10)
F6 Words in s. 40(3) substituted by Finance Act 1985 (c. 54), s. 93(7), Sch. 25 para. 5
F7S. 40(4) inserted (with effect on and after 1 July 1989) by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), s. 69, Sch. 11 para. 4(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. 40 modified (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. 34, s. 173, Sch. 19 Pt. I para. 8
C3S. 40 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Lloyds Underwriters (Tax) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3338), regs. 1(1), 11
C4S. 40 applied by The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1870), Sch. para. 10(4) (as inserted (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2017/466, regs. 1, 31)
C5S. 40 applied by The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1870), Sch. para. 12(3) (as inserted (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2017/466, regs. 1, 31)
C6S. 40 applied by The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998 (S.I. 1998/1870), Sch. para. 14(3) (as inserted (6.4.2017) by S.I. 2017/466, regs. 1, 31)
C7S. 40(1)(2) applied (with modifications) (19.4.1991) by The Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (1988–89) Regulations 1991 (S.I. 1991/851), regs. 1, 3(2), Sch. 1
S. 40(1)(2) extended (with modifications) (28.3.1992) by The Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (1989—90) Regulations1992 (S.I. 1992/511), regs. 1,3, Sch. 1
C8S. 40(1)(2) applied (with modifications) (23.3.1993) by The Lloyd’s Underwriters (Tax) (1990–91) Regulations 1993 (S.I. 1993/415), regs. 1(1), 3(2), Sch.1
C9S. 40(1)(2) applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The Lloyds Underwriters (Tax) (1991-92) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/728), reg. 3(2), Sch. 1
C10S. 40(1)(2) modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 6(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Lloyds Underwriters (Tax) (1992–93 to 1996–97) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/352), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(2)
C11S. 40(1)(2) modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 7(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Lloyds Underwriters (Tax) (1992–93 to 1996–97) Regulations 1995 (S.I. 1995/352), regs. 1(1), 7(1)(2)