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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18U.K. Company tax returns, assessments and related matters

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 18 restricted (31.7.1998) by 1988 c. 1, s. 754B(10) (as inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 17 para. 37 of 1998 c. 36) by 1998 c. 36, s. 113, Sch. 17 para. 11)

Part IIIU.K. Duty to keep and preserve records

Preservation of information instead of original recordsU.K.

22(1)The duty under paragraph 21 to preserve records may be satisfied by the preservation of the information contained in them, except in the case of records of the kinds specified in sub-paragraph (3) below.U.K.

(2)Where information is so preserved a copy of any document forming part of the records is admissible in evidence in any proceedings before the Commissioners to the same extent as the records themselves.

(3)The records excluded from sub-paragraph (1) are—

(a)any statement in writing such as is mentioned in—

(i)section 234(1) of the Taxes Act 1988 (amount of qualifying distribution and tax credit), or

(ii)section 352(1) of that Act (gross amount, tax deducted and actual amount paid, in certain cases where payments are made under deduction of tax),

provided by the company or person there mentioned whether after the making of a request or otherwise;

[F1(b)any record (however described) which is required by regulations under section 70(1)(c) of the Finance Act 2004 to be given to a sub-contractor (within the meaning of section 58 of that Act) on the making of a payment to which section 61 of that Act (deductions on account of tax) applies;]

(c)any record relating to an amount of tax—

(i)paid under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom, or

(ii)which would have been so payable but for a relief to which section 788(5) of the Taxes Act 1988 applies (relief for promoting development or contemplated by double taxation arrangements).

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 18 para. 22(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 77 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 12 para. 16(2)