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21D.—(1) This paragraph applies to—
(a)an individual who is a practising member of a religious society or order whose beliefs are incompatible with the use of electronic communications;
(b)a partnership, if all the partners fall within sub-paragraph (a);
(c)a company, if all the directors and the company secretary fall within sub-paragraph (a);
(d)a care and support employer.
[F2(e)an employer to whom a direction has been given under sub-paragraph (12). ]
[F3But this is subject to sub-paragraph (2B).]
(2) A Real Time Information employer to whom this paragraph applies may proceed in accordance with this paragraph instead of paragraph 21A.
[F4(2A) Before 6th April 2014, a Real Time Information employer to whom this paragraph applies may proceed as if the employer were a non-Real Time Information employer and accordingly the provisions of this Schedule apply to such an employer.]
[F5(2B) This paragraph does not apply if a Real Time Information employer within sub-paragraph (1) makes a return using an approved method of electronic communications.]
(3) [F6On and after 6th April 2014, the] Real Time Information employer must deliver to HMRC the information specified in Schedule 4A in respect of each employee to whom a payment of F7... earnings is made in a tax [F8quarter] unless the employer is not required to maintain a deductions working sheet for any employees and, for the purposes of this paragraph, references in Schedule 4A to a payment of F7 ... earnings shall be read as if they were references to all the payments made to the employee in the tax [F8quarter].
(4) The information must be included in a return in such a form as HMRC may approve or prescribe.
(5) The return required under sub-paragraph (4) must be delivered within 14 days after the end of the tax [F9quarter] the return relates to.
(6) If payments of F7... earnings have been made to more than one employee in the tax [F10quarter], the return under sub-paragraph (4) must include the information required by Schedule 4A in respect of each employee to whom a payment of F7 ... earnings has been made.
F11(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F11(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(9) Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007, as that Schedule applies to income tax returns, shall apply in relation to the requirement to make a return contained in sub-paragraph (4).
(10) In sub-paragraph (1)(c), “company” means a body corporate or unincorporated association but does not include a partnership.
(11) In sub-paragraph (1)(d), “care and support employer” means an individual (“the employer”) who employs a person to provide domestic or personal services at or from the employer's home where—
(a)the services are provided to the employer or a member of the employer's family;
(b)the recipient of the services has a physical or mental disability, or is elderly or infirm; and
(c)it is the employer who delivers the return (and not some other person on the employer's behalf).]
[F12(12) Where the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs are satisfied that—
(a)it is not reasonably practicable for an employer to make a return using an approved method of electronic communications, and
(b)it is the employer who delivers the return (and not some other person on the employer’s behalf),
they may make a direction specifying that the employer is not required to make a return using an approved method of electronic communications.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 4 paras. 21A-21F inserted (6.4.2012) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/821), regs. 1(1), 11
F2Sch. 4 para. 21D(1)(e) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 14(2)
F3Words in Sch. 4 para. 21D(1) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/608), regs. 1(1), 8(a)
F4Sch. 4 para. 21D(2A) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 14(3)
F5Sch. 4 para. 21D(2B) inserted (6.4.2014) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/608), regs. 1(1), 8(b)
F6Words in Sch. 4 para. 21D(3) substituted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 14(4)
F7Word in Sch. 4 para. 21D omitted (6.4.2015) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/478), regs. 1(4), 22(4)(c)
F8Words in Sch. 4 para. 21D(3) substituted (6.4.2014) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/608), regs. 1(1), 8(c)
F9Words in Sch. 4 para. 21D(5) substituted (6.4.2014) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/608), regs. 1(1), 8(c)
F10Words in Sch. 4 para. 21D(6) substituted (6.4.2014) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/608), regs. 1(1), 8(c)
F11Sch. 4 para. 21D(7)(8) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 14(5)
F12Sch. 4 para. 21D(12) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 14(6)
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