PART 4PAYMENTS, RETURNS AND INFORMATION

F1CHAPTER 4DEBTS OF MANAGED SERVICE COMPANIES

Annotations:

Appeals97G

1

A transferee may appeal against the transfer notice.

2

A notice of appeal must—

a

be given to HM Revenue and Customs at the address specified in the transfer notice within 30 days beginning with the date on which the transfer notice was served, and

b

specify the grounds of the appeal.

3

The grounds of appeal are any of the following—

a

that the relevant PAYE debt (or part of the relevant PAYE debt) is not due from the managed service company to HM Revenue and Customs;

b

that the specified amount does not relate to a company which is a managed service company;

c

that the specified amount is not irrecoverable from the managed service company within a reasonable period;

d

that the transferee is not a person mentioned in section 688A(2);

e

that the transferee was not a person mentioned in section 688A(2) during the tax periods to which the specified amount relates;

f

that the transferee was not a person mentioned in section 688A(2) during some part of the tax periods to which the specified amount relates

g

that the transfer notice was not served before the end of the period specified in regulation 97D;

h

that the transfer notice does not satisfy the requirements specified in regulation 97E;

j

in the case of a transferee mentioned in section 688A(2)(c) or of a paragraph (c) associate, that it is not impracticable to recover the specified amount from persons mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 688A(2) or from paragraph (b) associates;

k

in the case of a transferee mentioned in section 688A(2)(c) or of a paragraph (c) associate, that the amount specified in the transfer notice does not have regard to the degree and extent to which the transferee is a person who (directly or indirectly) has encouraged or been actively involved in the provision by the managed service company of the services of the individual mentioned in that provision.

4

Paragraph (3)(a) is subject to regulation 97H(4).

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