SCHEDULEAMENDMENTS TO PRIMARY LEGISLATION: TAX CREDITS

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

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1

Section 59 of TCMA8 (time limits for WRA assessments) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), after “relevant date” insert “in any case involving a situation mentioned in section 54, 55 or 55A(a) or (b)”.

3

In subsection (2), for “or 55” substitute “, 55 or 55A(a) or (b)”.

4

In subsection (3), for “or 55” substitute “, 55 or 55A(a) or (b)”.

5

After subsection (4) insert—

4A

No WRA assessment may be made in a case involving a situation mentioned in section 55A(c)—

a

if WRA has issued a notice to the taxpayer requiring payment of the amount in question, after the period of 12 months beginning with the day after that by which the payment was required, and

b

otherwise, after the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which WRA became aware that the taxpayer was required to pay the amount in question.

6

In subsection (7)—

a

in the opening words of the definition of “relevant date”, after “(“dyddiad perthnasol”)” insert “, in relation to a WRA assessment in a case involving a situation mentioned in section 54 or 55,”;

b

at the end insert—

  • “relevant date” (“dyddiad perthnasol”), in relation to a WRA assessment in a case involving a situation mentioned in section 55A(a) or (b), means—

    1. a

      where the tax credit in question was claimed in a tax return made on or before the filing date, the filing date;

    2. b

      where the tax credit in question was claimed in a tax return made after the filing date, the day on which the tax return was made;

    3. c

      where the tax credit in question was claimed by any other means, the day on which the claim was made.