PART 3Real Time Information

CHAPTER 1Real Time Information

Exceptions to paragraph 21A14

1

Paragraph 21D (exceptions to paragraph 21A) is amended as follows.

2

In sub-paragraph (1) after paragraph (d) insert—

e

an employer to whom a direction has been given under sub-paragraph (12).

3

After sub-paragraph (2) insert—

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.

4

In sub-paragraph (3) for “A” substitute “On and after 6th April 2014, the”.

5

Omit sub-paragraphs (7) and (8).

6

After sub-paragraph (11) insert—

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.