SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION: TAX CREDITS

PART 2AMENDMENTS TO THE TAX COLLECTION AND MANAGEMENT (WALES) ACT 2016

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1

Section 45 of TCMA6 (amendment of tax return during enquiry to prevent loss of tax) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (1) insert—

1A

If, during the period when an enquiry into a tax return is in progress, WRA forms the opinion—

a

that the amount of tax credit claimed in the tax return is excessive, and

b

that, unless the return is immediately amended, there is likely to be a loss of devolved tax,

WRA may by notice issued to the person who made the return amend it so that the amount claimed is no longer excessive.

3

In subsection (2)—

a

the words from “subsection (1) applies” to the end become paragraph (a);

b

at the end of that paragraph insert

, and

b

subsection (1A) applies only so far as the excessive amount is attributable to the amendment.

4

In subsection (3), after “subsection (1)” insert “or (1A)”.