Finance Act 1996

The Finance Act 1994 (c. 9) U.K.

48 (1) Section 118 of the Finance Act 1994 (expenditure on machinery or plant: notification) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this paragraph. U.K.

(2) In subsection (3) (condition fulfilled with respect to a chargeable period if notice given to the inspector not later than two years after the end of the period) for “the inspector, in such form as the Board may require, not later than two years after the end of that period” there shall be substituted “ an officer of the Board, in such form as the Board may require, within the period specified in subsection (3A) below ”.

(3) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—

“(3A) A notice under subsection (3) above—

(a) for the purposes of income tax, shall be given on or before the first anniversary of the 31st January next following the year of assessment in which ends the chargeable period mentioned in that subsection;

(b) for the purposes of corporation tax, shall be given no later than two years after the end of the chargeable period mentioned in that subsection.”