Part 8Other reliefs

Chapter 1Interest payments

General and supplementary

412Information

1

A person (“the payer”) who claims relief under this Chapter for a payment of interest made in a tax year is entitled to request the person to whom the interest is paid to give the payer a statement in writing about that interest containing the information specified in subsection (3).

2

That request must be in writing.

3

The information is—

a

the date when the debt was incurred,

b

the amount of the debt when incurred,

c

the interest paid in the tax year, and

d

the name and address of the debtor.

4

The person to whom the interest is paid has a duty to comply with a request under subsection (1) and that duty is enforceable by the payer.

5

This section does not apply if the interest is paid to a building society or to a local authority.