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78.—(1) This regulation applies if, 17 days or more after the end of a tax period, condition A or B is met.
(2) Condition A is that—
(a)an employer has not paid any tax under regulation 68 for that tax period, and
(b)[F2HMRC] have reason to believe that the employer is liable to pay an amount of tax.
(3) Condition B is that—
(a)an employer has paid an amount of tax under regulation 68 for that tax period, but
(b)[F3HMRC] are not satisfied, after seeking the employer’s explanation, that it is the full amount which the employer is liable to pay for that period.
(4) [F4HMRC], on consideration of the employer’s record of past payments [F5whether of tax or of combined amounts], may—
(a)specify, to the best of their judgment, the amount of tax [F6or a combined amount] which they consider the employer is liable to pay, and
(b)serve notice on the employer requiring payment of that amount within 7 days of the issue of the notice (“the notice period”).
(5) If the notice extends to two or more consecutive tax periods in a tax year, this regulation has effect as if they were the latest tax period specified in the notice.
(6) If, during the notice period, the employer—
(a)claims that any payment made in respect of the tax period specified in the notice is [F7or includes] the full amount [F8of tax] the employer is liable to pay, but
(b)does not satisfy [F9HMRC] that this is the case,
the employer may require [F9HMRC] to inspect the employer’s PAYE records as if the employer had been required to produce those records [F10under Schedule 36 to the Finance Act 2008 (information and inspection powers)].
(7) If there is an inspection by virtue of paragraph (6) ... the notice given by [F11HMRC] under paragraph (4) must be disregarded.
(8) If the amount ... specified in the notice, or any part of it, is not paid during the notice period—
(a)the amount unpaid is treated as an amount of tax [F12or as including an amount of tax] which the employer was liable to pay for that tax period under regulation 68, and
(b)[F13HMRC] may prepare a certificate showing how much of that [F14amount] remains unpaid.
(9) But paragraph (8) does not apply if during the notice period—
(a)the employer pays the full amount of tax which the employer is liable to pay under regulation 68 for that tax period, or
(b)the employer satisfies [F15HMRC] that no amount, or no further amount, is due for that tax period.
(10) Paragraph (11) applies if the employer pays an amount [F16of tax, whether separately or as part of a combined amount, which is] certified under this regulation [F17and] which exceeds the amount the employer would have been liable to pay in respect of that tax period apart from this regulation.
(11) The employer is entitled to set off the excess [F18tax] against any amount which the employer is liable to pay under regulation 68 for any subsequent tax period in the tax year.
(12) Paragraph (13) applies if the employer—
(a)delivers the return required by regulation 73(1) after the end of the tax year, and
(b)pays the total net tax which the employer is liable to pay.
(13) Any excess of tax paid, and not otherwise recovered by set-off in accordance with this regulation, must be repaid.
(14) Regulation 218 deals with the use of certificates as evidence that sums are due and unpaid.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in reg. 78 heading inserted (6.4.2012) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/822), regs. 1(1), 37
F2Word in reg. 78(2)(b) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(2)
F3Word in reg. 78(3)(b) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(3)
F4Word in reg. 78(4) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(4)(a)
F5Words in reg. 78(4) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(4)(b)
F6Words in reg. 78(4)(a) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(4)(c)
F7Words in reg. 78(6)(a) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(5)(a)(i)
F8Words in reg. 78(6)(a) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(5)(a)(ii)
F9Word in reg. 78(6) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(5)(b)
F10Words in reg. 78(6) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/588), regs. 1(1), 4(a)
F11Word in reg. 78(7) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(6)
F12Words in reg. 78(8)(a) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(7)(b)
F13Word in reg. 78(8)(b) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(7)(c)(i)
F14Word in reg. 78(8)(b) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(7)(c)(ii)
F15Word in reg. 78(9) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(8)
F16Words in reg. 78(10) substituted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(9)(a)
F17Word in reg. 78(10) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(9)(b)
F18Word in reg. 78(11) inserted (6.4.2008) by The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 (S.I. 2008/782), regs. 1, 8(10)
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