PART VU.K. APPEALS AND OTHER PROCEEDINGS

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Pt. 5 applied (30.1.1992) by Income Tax (Building Societies) (Audit Powers) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/10), reg. 10(3) (revoked (31.10.2008) by S.I. 2008/2682, Sch. 3)

Pt. 5 applied (30.1.1992) by The Income Tax (Deposit-takers) (Audit Powers) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/12), reg. 10(3) (revoked (31.10.2008) by S.I. 2008/2682, Sch. 3)

C6Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.9.2002 for specified purposes, 1.1.2003 for specified purposes, 6.4.2003 for specified purposes) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), ss. 39(6), 61; S.I. 2002/1727, art. 2

C7Pt. 5 applied in part (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Working Tax Credit (Payment by Employers) Regulations 2002 (S.I. 2002/2172), regs. 1(1), 8(9), 14(4)

C9Pt. 5 applied in part (with modifications) (6.4.2004) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2682), regs. 1, 80(5)

C12Pt. 5 applied in part (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), ss. 218(7), 883(1) (with s. 196, Sch. 2)

C14Pt. 5 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Income Tax (Purchased Life Annuities) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/562), regs. 1(1), 20 (with reg. 27)

C17Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 34 (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C18Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 62(4) (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C21Pt. 5 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 93(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 46 para. 10(5) (with Sch. 46 paras. 1011)

C22Pt. 5 power to apply (with modifications) conferred (1.1.2010 for specified purposes) by Saving Gateway Accounts Act 2009 (c. 8), s. 24(4)(5), 31; S.I. 2009/3332, art. 2(e)

C23Pt. 5 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), ss. 145(6), 381(1) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)

C24Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 paras. 32, 33

C25Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2012) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 23 paras. 29(6), 65(1)(a) (with Sch. 23 paras. 50, 65(1)(b))

C26Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.4.2012) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 23 paras. 37(5), 65(1)(a) (with Sch. 23 paras. 50, 65(1)(b))

C27Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) by The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1004), Sch. 4 para. 29V(8) (as inserted (6.4.2012) by S.I. 2012/821, regs. 1(1), 18)

C33Pt. 5 applied by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 421JF(6) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 234 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 228, 232)

C38Pt. 5 applied (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 247(5) (with ss. 269-271)

C39Pt. 5 applied (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 266(11) (with ss. 269-271)

C40Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), s. 11A(1)(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 35 of the amending Act) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 12)

C41Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), s. 11A(1)(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 35 of the amending Act) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 3)

C42Pt. 5 extended (with effect in accordance with s. 116(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 102(6)

C43Pt. 5 modified (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(4) of the amending S.I.) by The International Tax Compliance Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/878), regs. 1(1), 20(5) (with reg. 1(2)(3))

C44Pt. 5 excluded (E.W.N.I.) (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 8 para. 12(11)

C45Pt. 5 excluded (E.W.N.I.) (18.11.2015) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 8 para. 10(9)

C47Pt. 5 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 79(4)

C48Pts. 4, 5 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 44

C49Pt. 5 applied by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 698A(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 34(8)(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 34(6))

C50Pt. 5 applied (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 114(3) (with s. 117)

C51Pt. 5 applied by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), Sch. 7A para. 36(6) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 2 (with Sch. 5 para. 28))

C52Pt. 5 applied by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), Sch. 7A para. 48(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 2 (with Sch. 5 para. 28))

C53Pt. 5 modified (12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 15 para. 94(6)

C55Pts. 4-6 applied (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 9(3)

C56Pt. 5 applied (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2005/2045, reg. 24L(14) (as inserted by The Income Tax (Construction Industry Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/321), regs. 1(1), 10)

C57Pt. 5 applied (with effect in accordance with s. 121(6) of the amending Act) by 2014 c. 26, s. 236E(6) (as inserted by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), Sch. 30 para. 1)

C58Pt. 5 applied (in relation to relevant returns that are required to be made on or after 1.4.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 17 para. 24(6)

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[F3[F4(6) If, on an appeal notified to the tribunal, the tribunal decides—]

(a)that, F5... , the appellant is overcharged by a self-assessment;

(b)that, F6... , any amounts contained in a partnership statement are excessive; or

(c)that the appellant is overcharged by an assessment other than a self-assessment,

the assessment or amounts shall be reduced accordingly, but otherwise the assessment or statement shall stand good.

(7)[F7If, on an appeal notified to the tribunal, the tribunal decides]

(a)that the appellant is undercharged to tax by a self-assessment F8... ;

(b)that any amounts contained in a partnership statement F9... are insufficient; or

(c)that the appellant is undercharged by an assessment other than a self-assessment,

the assessment or amounts shall be increased accordingly.]

[F10(7A)[F11If, on an appeal notified to the tribunal, the tribunal decides] that a claim or election [F12which was the subject of a decision contained in a closure notice under section 28A] of this Act should have been allowed or disallowed to an extent different from that specified in the notice, the claim or election shall be allowed or disallowed accordingly to the extent that [F13the tribunal decides is] appropriate, but otherwise the decision in the notice shall stand good.]

[F14(8)Where, on an appeal [F15notified to the tribunal] against an assessment [F16(other than a self-assessment)] which—

(a)assesses an amount which is chargeable to tax, and

(b)charges tax on the amount assessed,

[F17the tribunal decides] as mentioned in subsection (6) or (7) above, [F18the tribunal may], unless the circumstances of the case otherwise require, reduce or, as the case may be, increase only the amount assessed; and where any appeal [F15notified to the tribunal] is so determined the tax charged by the assessment shall be taken to have been reduced or increased accordingly.]

[F19(9)Where any amounts contained in a partnership statement are reduced under subsection (6) above or increased under subsection (7) above, an officer of the Board shall by notice to each of the relevant partners amend—

[F20(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 reductions or increases of those amounts.]

[F21(10)Where an appeal is notified to the tribunal, the decision of the tribunal on the appeal is final and conclusive.

(11)But subsection (10) is subject to—

(a)sections 9 to 14 of the TCEA 2007,

(b)Tribunal Procedure Rules, and

(c)the Taxes Acts.]

Textual Amendments

F2S. 50(1)-(5) repealed (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(1) of the amending S.I.) by The General and Special Commissioners (Amendment of Enactments) Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1813), Sch. 1 para. 6(a), Sch. 2 Pt. I

F3S. 50(6)(7) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 17(1); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F5Words in s. 50(6)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 30(2)(a), Sch. 33 Pt. 2(13)

F6Words in s. 50(6)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 30(2)(b), Sch. 33 Pt. 2(13)

F8Words in s. 50(7)(a) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 30(3)(a), Sch. 33 Pt. 2(13)

F9Words in s. 50(7)(b) repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 30(3)(b), Sch. 33 Pt. 2(13)

F10S. 50(7A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 19 para. 1 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1996 (c. 8), Sch. 19 para. 7

F12Words in s. 50(7A) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 30(4)

F14Finance (No. 2) Act 1975 (c. 45), s.67(2), in relation to all years except that judgments in any court given in proceedings commenced before 29 April 1975 are not to be affected.

F16Words in s. 50(8) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 199(2)(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), Sch. 19 para. 17(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F19S. 50(9) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 19 para. 27(4); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

F20S. 50(9)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 88(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 30(5)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C61 S. 50 applied (with modifications) by the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22), s. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(1)

C62S. 50 applied (with modifications) by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35), s.134, Sch.17 para.18 (special tax on banking deposits).

C63Ss. 48-54: power to modify conferred (E.W.S.) (25.2.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), ss. 13(2)(a)(ii)(b), 28(2); S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2 (with arts. 3-6)

C64Ss. 48-54 power to apply and modify conferred (26.3.1999 for specified purposes, 1.4.1999 in so far as not already in force) by The Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671), arts. 1(3), 12(2)(a)(ii)(b); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(b)(c), Schs. 1, 2 (with arts. 3-6)

C65Ss. 47C-57 applied (temp. until 30.4.2024) (with modifications in respect of s. 55) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 21(3)(4) (with Sch. 10 para. 43 (as amended by S.I. 2022/1321, regs. 1, 2(2)))

C67S. 50(6)(7)(10)(11)(a)(b) applied (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 11(1)