(1)Every person who—
(a)is chargeable to income tax or capital gains tax for any year of assessment, and
(b)has not received a notice under section 8 of this Act requiring a return for that year of his total income and chargeable gains,
shall, subject to subsection (3) below, within six months from the end of that year, give notice to an officer of the Board that he is so chargeable.
(2)In the case of [F2persons who are] chargeable as mentioned in subsection (1) above as [F3the relevant trustees] of a settlement, that subsection shall have effect as if the reference to a notice under section 8 of this Act were a reference to a notice under section 8A of this Act.
(3)A person shall not be required to give notice under subsection (1) above in respect of a year of assessment if for that year his total income consists of income from sources falling within subsections (4) to (7) below and he has no chargeable gains.
(4)A source of income falls within this subsection in relation to a year of assessment if—
(a)all payments of, or on account of, income from it during that year, and
(b)all income from it for that year which does not consist of payments,
have or has been taken into account in the making of deductions or repayments of tax under [F4PAYE regulations].
(5)A source of income falls within this subsection in relation to any person and any year of assessment if all income from it for that year has been or will be taken into account—
(a)in determining that person’s liability to tax, or
(b)in the making of deductions or repayments of tax under [F4PAYE regulations].
(6)A source of income falls within this subsection in relation to any person and any year of assessment if all income from it for that year is—
(a)income from which income tax has been deducted;
(b)income from or on which income tax is treated as having been deducted or paid; or
(c)income chargeable under [F5Chapter 3 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 (dividends etc. from UK resident companies etc.)],
and that person is not for that year liable to tax at a rate other than the basic rate[F6, the [F7dividend] ordinary rate] [F8or the starting rate for savings].
(7)A source of income falls within this subsection in relation to any person and any year of assessment if all income from it for that year is [F9income on which] he could not become liable to tax under a self-assessment made under section 9 of this Act in respect of that year.
F10(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F11(9)For the purposes of this Act the relevant trustees of a settlement are—
(a)in relation to income [F12(other than gains treated as arising under [F13Chapter 9 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005])], the persons who are trustees when the income arises and any persons who subsequently become trustees; and
[F14(aa)in relation to gains treated as arising under [F15Chapter 9 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005], the persons who are trustees in the year of assessment in which the gains arise and any persons who subsequently become trustees; and]
(b)in relation to chargeable gains, the persons who are trustees in the year of assessment in which the chargeable gains accrue and any persons who subsequently become trustees.]]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 7 substituted (with effect as respects the year 1995-96 and subsequent years of assessment) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 199(2)(3), Sch. 19 para. 1(1)(2); S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2
F2Words in s. 7(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 103(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 103(1)(a)
F3Words in s. 7(2) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 103(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 103(1)(b)
F4Words in s. 7(4)(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 723(1)(a)(b) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), Sch. 6 para. 124 (with Sch. 7)
F5Words in s. 7(6)(c) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 358(2)(a) (with Sch. 2)
F6Words in s. 7(6) inserted (with effect for the year 1999-00 and subsequent years of assessment) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), Sch. 4 para. 1(1)(2)
F7Word in s. 7(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 358(2)(b) (with Sch. 2)
F8Words in s. 7(6) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 65 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 38
F9Words in s. 7(7) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 103(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 115(1)
F10S. 7(8) omitted (with effect in accordance with art. 3 of the amending S.I.) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 123(2), Sch. 41 para. 25(a)(i); S.I. 2009/511, art. 2 (with art. 4)
F11S. 7(9) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 103(7) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), s. 103(2)
F12Words in s. 7(9)(a) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 7(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 14 para. 5(a)
F13Words in s. 7(9)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 358(3) (with Sch. 2)
F14S. 7(9)(aa) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 14 para. 7(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 14 para. 5(b)
F15Words in s. 7(9)(aa) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 883(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5), s. 883(1), Sch. 1 para. 358(3) (with Sch. 2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 7 modified (as respects the year 1995-96) by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 21 para. 1
C2S. 7 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), ss. 137(5)(7), 381(1) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)
C3S. 7 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 381(1) of the amending Act) by Taxation (International and Other Provisions) Act 2010 (c. 8), ss. 140(6)(7), 381(1) (with Sch. 9 paras. 1-9, 22)