[F1184INotices under sections 184G and 184HU.K.
(1)Subsection (2) applies if—
(a)the Board give a notice under section 184G or 184H (a “relevant notice”) to a company that specifies an accounting period, and
(b)the notice is given before the company has made its company tax return for that accounting period.
(2)If the company makes its return for that period before the end of the applicable 90 day period (see subsection (12)), it may—
(a)make a return that disregards the notice, and
(b)at any time after making the return and before the end of the applicable 90 day period, amend the return for the purpose of complying with the provision referred to in the notice.
(3)If a company has made a company tax return for an accounting period, the Board may give the company a relevant notice in relation to that period only if a notice of enquiry has been given to the company in respect of its return for that period.
(4)After any enquiries into the return for that period have been completed, the Board may give the company a relevant notice only if requirements A and B are met.
(5)Requirement A is that at the time the enquiries into the return were completed, the Board could not have been reasonably expected, on the basis of information made available—
(a)to them before that time, or
(b)to an officer of theirs before that time,
to have been aware that the circumstances were such that a relevant notice could have been given to the company in relation to that period.
(6)For the purposes of requirement A, paragraph 44(2) and (3) of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998 (information made available) applies as it applies for the purposes of paragraph 44(1).
(7)Requirement B is that—
(a)the company or any other person was requested to produce or provide information during an enquiry into the return for that period, and
(b)if the request had been duly complied with, the Board could reasonably have been expected to give the company a relevant notice in relation to that period.
(8)If—
(a)a company makes a company tax return for an accounting period, and
(b)the company is subsequently given a relevant notice that specifies that period,
it may amend the return for the purpose of complying with the provision referred to in the notice at any time before the end of the applicable 90 day period.
(9)If the relevant notice is given to the company after it has been given a notice of enquiry in respect of its return for the period, no closure notice may be given in relation to its company tax return until—
(a)the end of the applicable 90 day period, or
(b)the earlier amendment of its company tax return for the purpose of complying with the provision referred to in the notice.
(10)If the relevant notice is given to the company after any enquiries into the return for the period are completed, no discovery assessment may be made as regards the chargeable gain to which the notice relates until—
(a)the end of the applicable 90 day period, or
(b)the earlier amendment of the company tax return for the purpose of complying with the provision referred to in the notice.
(11)Subsections (2)(b) and (8) do not prevent a company tax return for a period becoming incorrect if—
(a)a relevant notice is given to the company in relation to that period,
(b)the return is not amended in accordance with subsection (2)(b) or (8) for the purpose of complying with the provision referred to in the notice, and
(c)the return ought to have been so amended.
(12)In this section—
“the applicable 90 day period”, in relation to a relevant notice, means the period of 90 days beginning with the day on which the notice is given,
“closure notice” means a notice under paragraph 32 of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998,
“company tax return” means the return required to be delivered pursuant to a notice under paragraph 3 of that Schedule, as read with paragraph 4 of that Schedule,
“discovery assessment” means an assessment under paragraph 41 of that Schedule,
“notice of enquiry” means a notice under paragraph 24 of that Schedule.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 184G-184I inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 71(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2006 (c. 25), s. 71(1)