(1)Every participator in an oil field shall when he delivers to the Board the statement which section 1(1)(a) of the Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 requires him to deliver with his return for a chargeable period—
(a)deliver to the Board a statement showing whether any, and if so what, amount is payable by him under this section as an advance payment of tax in respect of the field for the next chargeable period; and
(b)if any amount is so payable, pay to the Board a sum equal to that amount.
(2)The statement under subsection (1)(a) above shall be in such form as the Board may prescribe.
(3)The amount payable by a participator as an advance payment of tax in respect of a field for a chargeable period shall be equal to 15 per cent. of whichever is the greater of—
(a)the amount of tax, if any, shown in the statement delivered by him under the said section 1(1)(a) as payable by him in respect of the field for the last chargeable period; and
(b)the amount of tax, if any, assessed on him in respect of the field for the last chargeable period but one, less any part of it withheld under paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 to the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (appeals).
(4)The Treasury may by an order made by statutory instrument alter the percentage for the time being specified in subsection (3) above, but no order increasing that percentage shall be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, the House of Commons.
(5)The sum paid by a participator as an advance payment of tax in respect of a field for a chargeable period—
(a)shall, to the extent to which it does not exceed the sum which subsection (1)(b) of section 1 of the said Act of 1980 requires him to pay when delivering his return for that period in respect of the field—
(i)discharge his liability to pay the whole or a corresponding part of that sum; and
(ii)be treated for the purposes of subsection (3) of that section as if it were, or were part of, a sum paid by him under subsection (1)(b) of that section; and
(b)shall, to the extent to which it exceeds the sum required to be paid by him as aforesaid, be repaid to him.
(6)Any amount payable by a participator as an advance payment of tax in respect of a field for a chargeable period and not paid by him shall carry interest at the rate applying under paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the said Act of 1975 from two months after the beginning of that period until—
(a)two months after the end of that period; or
(b)payment of the sum referred to in subsection (5)(a) above,
whichever is the earlier.
(7)Where the sum paid by a participator as an advance payment of tax in respect of a field for a chargeable period (including any part of it repaid under subsection (5)(b) above) exceeds the amount of the tax assessed on him in respect of the field for that period (less any part of it withheld under paragraph 14 of the said Schedule 2) he shall be entitled to receive from the Board interest at the rate applying under paragraph 16 of that Schedule—
(a)on the excess, from—
(i)two months after the beginning of that period; or
(ii)the date on which that sum was paid,
whichever is the later, until two months after the end of that period; and
(b)if any of that sum falls to be repaid under subsection (5)(b) above, on the amount repayable (or, if less, the excess mentioned in paragraph (a) above) from—
(i)two months after the end of that period; or
(ii)the date on which he delivers the statement which section 1(1)(a) of the said Act of 1980 requires him to deliver with his return for that period,
whichever is the later, until [F2the order for repayment is issued];
(8)Certificates of tax deposit issued by the Treasury under section 12 of the M1National Loans Act 1968 on terms published on or before 14th May 1979 may be used for making advance payments under this section; and for that purpose those terms shall have effect with the necessary modifications and as if the tax in or towards the payment of which a certificate is used were due two months after the beginning of the chargeable period to which it relates.
(9)This section shall be construed as one with Part I of the said Act of 1975 and has effect where the chargeable period referred to in subsection (1)(a) above ends on or after 30th June 1981.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 105 repealed by Finance Act 1982 (c. 39), ss. 139(6), 157(6) and Sch. 22 Part IX in relation to chargeable periods ending after 30 June 1983. See s. 139(6) and Sch. 19 para. 11 of that Act regarding APRT in relation to chargeable periods ending after 31 December 1982.
F2Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 180(2)(b) and (7)— deemed always to have had effect.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1See Finance Act 1982 (c. 39), s. 135(3)(c)—s. 105 not to apply to additional returns made under Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22), Sch. 2 para. 2 by virtue of s. 135(3)(a) in relation to further determinations made after 31 December 1981.
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