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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Amendments of Tax Acts Consequent on Part III, Chapter II

PART IIOther Amendments

7The amendments set out in this Part of this Schedule have effect for 1977-78 and subsequent years.

Capital Allowances Act 1968 (c. 3)

8In section 33 of the Capital Allowances Act 1968 (balancing allowances and charges), in paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (2) for the words " Part VIII" to the end there shall be substituted the words " Part III of the Finance Act 1976 ".

9In section 34 of that Act (notional sales), in subsection (3), for the words " Part VIII of the principal Act" there shall be substituted the words " Part III of the Finance Act 1976 ".

Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9)

10(1)In section 35(2) of the Taxes Management Act 1970, paragraph (a) shall be omitted.

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) has effect in relation to income assessable for 1977-78 and subsequent years.

11In Schedule 3 to that Act (rules for assigning proceedings to Commissioners), after paragraph 5A there shall be inserted—

5B. An appeal against the decision of an inspector under section 65 of the Finance Act 1976.The place where the employees concerned (or most of them) are employed.

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 (c. 10)

12In section 75 of the Taxes Act (sporting rights), in subsection (2), for the words from "section 196" to the end there shall be substituted the words " section 61 of the Finance Act 1976 ".

13In section 185 of that Act (accommodation occupied by holder of office or employment), in subsection (4) for the words " 198(1) below " there shall be substituted the words " Chapter II of Part III of the Finance Act 1976 ".

14(1)Sections 195 to 199 and 201 to 203 of that Act are hereby repealed.

(2)Where there was in force under section 199 a notification that an inspector was satisfied that certain payments or other benefits provided by an employer would not result in additional tax liability under Chapter II of Part VIII of that Act, that notification shall, subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, continue in force as if made under section 70 of this Act in relation to tax liability under Chapter II of Part III of this Act.

(3)Such a notification does not continue in force so far as it relates to benefits or facilities chargeable to tax under sections 64 to 68 of this Act.

(4)The inspector may, if in his opinion there is reason to do so, by notice in writing served on the persons to whom the notification was given, revoke a notification continued in force by this paragraph, either from the date of its original making or as from such later date as may be specified in the notice; and then all such income tax becomes chargeable (whether under Chapter II of Part VII of the Taxes Act or Chapter II of Part III of this Act), and all such returns are to be made by that person and by the employees for whom the benefits or facilities are provided, as would have been chargeable or would have had to be made in the first instance if the notification had never been given or, as the case may be, it had ceased to have effect on the specified date.

15In section 284(2) of the Taxes Act (close company distributions), for the proviso there shall be substituted—

Provided that this subsection shall not apply to expense incurred in or in connection with the provision—

(a)for a person employed in director's or higher-paid employment (within Chapter II of Part III of the Finance Act 1976) of such benefits as are mentioned in any of sections 61 to 68 of that Act; or

(b)for the spouse, children or dependants of a person employed by the company of any pension, annuity on that person's death or retirement..

16In that section of that Act, for subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(3)The amount of the expense to be taken into account under subsection (2) above as a distribution shall be the same as would under Chapter II of Part III of the Finance Act 1976 be the cash equivalent of the resultant benefit to the participator..