Schedules

Schedule 14Administration of multinational top-up tax

Part 9Record-keeping requirements

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1

The filing member of the group must—

a

keep such records as may be needed to enable it to deliver correct and complete returns if required, and

b

preserve those records in accordance with this paragraph.

2

The records must be preserved until the end of the relevant day.

3

The relevant day” means—

a

the later of—

i

the ninth anniversary of the last day of the accounting period to which the records relate, and

ii

if a self-assessment return relating to that accounting period is submitted and a notice of enquiry into that return has been given before the anniversary referred to in sub-paragraph (i), the day at the end of the period of six months beginning with the day the enquiry is completed;

b

such earlier day as may be specified in a notice published by HMRC (and different days may be specified for different cases).

4

The duty to preserve records may be satisfied—

a

by preserving them in any form and by any means, or

b

by preserving the information contained in them in any form and by any means,

subject to any conditions or exceptions specified in a notice published by HMRC.