[F19B Amendment of return by taxpayer during enquiryU.K.
(1)This section applies if a return is amended under section 9ZA of this Act (amendment of personal or trustee return by taxpayer) at a time when an enquiry is in progress into the return.
(2)The amendment does not restrict the scope of the enquiry but may be taken into account (together with any matters arising) in the enquiry.
(3)So far as the amendment affects the amount stated in the self-assessment included in the return as the amount of tax payable, it does not take effect while the enquiry is in progress and—
(a)if the officer states in the closure notice that he has taken the amendment into account and that—
(i)the amendment has been taken into account in formulating the amendments contained in the notice, or
(ii)his conclusion is that the amendment is incorrect,
the amendment shall not take effect;
(b)otherwise, the amendment takes effect when the closure notice is issued.
(4)For the purposes of this section the period during which an enquiry is in progress is the whole of the period—
(a)beginning with the day on which notice of enquiry is given, and
(b)ending with the day on which the enquiry is completed.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 9A-9D substituted for s. 9A (with effect and application in accordance with s. 88(3), Sch. 29 para. 4(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), Sch. 29 para. 4(1)