The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003

Certificate that sum due: certificate of the collectorU.K.

27.—(1) A certificate of the collector that any amount shown in a certificate under the regulations listed in paragraph (2) of regulation 218 has not been paid by an employer to the collector or, to the best of the collector’s knowledge and belief, to any other collector or to any person acting on the collector’s behalf or on behalf of another collector is sufficient evidence that the amount mentioned in the collector’s certificate is unpaid and due to the Crown.

(2) A certificate of the collector that any amount of interest payable under the regulations listed in paragraph (4) of regulation 218 has not been paid by an employer or employee to the collector or, to the best of the collector’s knowledge and belief, to any other collector or to any person acting on the collector’s behalf or on behalf of another collector is sufficient evidence that the amount mentioned in the certificate is unpaid and due to the Crown.

(3) A document which purports to be a certificate of the collector under sub-paragraph (1) or (2) is treated as such a certificate until the contrary is proved.