Propose a change

Taxes Management Act 1970

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

86 Interest on overdue income tax and capital gains tax.

(1) The following, namely— (a) any amount on account of income tax which becomes due and payable in accordance with section 59A(2) of this Act, and (b) any income tax or capital gains tax which becomes due and payable in accordance with section 55 or 59B of this Act, shall carry interest at the rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989 from the relevant date until payment. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above the relevant date is whichever of the dates mentioned in section 59A(2) of this Act is applicable; and for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above the relevant date is— (a) in any such case as is mentioned in subsection (3) of section 59B of this Act, the last day of the period of three months mentioned in that subsection; and (b) in any other case, the date mentioned in subsection (4) of that section. (3) Subsection (1) above applies even if the relevant date is a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882. (4) Subsection (5) below applies where as regards a year of assessment— (a) any person makes a claim under subsection (3) or (4) of section 59A of this Act in respect of the amounts (the section 59A amounts) payable by him in accordance with subsection (2) of that section, and (b) an amount (the section 59B amount) becomes payable by him (i) in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act or (ii) in accordance with section 59B(6) of this Act in respect of income tax assessed under section 29 of this Act. (5) Interest shall be payable under this section as if each of the section 59A amounts had been equal to— (a) the aggregate of that amount and 50 per cent. of the section 59B amount, or (b) the amount which would have been payable in accordance with subsection (2) of section 59A of this Act if the claim under subsection (3) or (4) of that section had not been made, whichever is the less. (6) In determining for the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) above what amount (if any) is payable by any person in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act or, in respect of income tax assessed under section 29 of this Act, in accordance with section 59B(6) of this Act— (a) it shall be assumed that both of the section 59A amounts have been paid, and (b) no account shall be taken of any amount which has been paid on account otherwise than under section 59A(2) of this Act or is payable by way of capital gains tax. (7) Subsection (8) below applies where as regards any person and a year of assessment— (a) amounts (the section 59A amounts) become payable by him in accordance with section 59A(2) of this Act, and (b) an amount (the section 59B amount) becomes repayable to him in accordance with section 59B (3), (4) or (5) of this Act. (8) So much of any interest payable under this section on either of the section 59A amounts as is not attributable to the amount by which that amount exceeds 50 per cent. of the section 59B amount shall be remitted. (9) In determining for the purposes of subsections (7) and (8) above what amount (if any) is repayable to any person in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act, no account shall be taken of any amount which has been paid on account otherwise than under section 59A(2) of this Act or is payable by way of capital gains tax.

Your change, as a redline

86 Interest on overdue income tax and capital gains tax.

(1) The following, namely— (a) any amount on account of income tax which becomes due and payable in accordance with section 59A(2) of this Act, and (b) any income tax or capital gains tax which becomes due and payable in accordance with section 55 or 59B of this Act, shall carry interest at the rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989 from the relevant date until payment. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above the relevant date is whichever of the dates mentioned in section 59A(2) of this Act is applicable; and for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above the relevant date is— (a) in any such case as is mentioned in subsection (3) of section 59B of this Act, the last day of the period of three months mentioned in that subsection; and (b) in any other case, the date mentioned in subsection (4) of that section. (3) Subsection (1) above applies even if the relevant date is a non-business day within the meaning of section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882. (4) Subsection (5) below applies where as regards a year of assessment— (a) any person makes a claim under subsection (3) or (4) of section 59A of this Act in respect of the amounts (the section 59A amounts) payable by him in accordance with subsection (2) of that section, and (b) an amount (the section 59B amount) becomes payable by him (i) in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act or (ii) in accordance with section 59B(6) of this Act in respect of income tax assessed under section 29 of this Act. (5) Interest shall be payable under this section as if each of the section 59A amounts had been equal to— (a) the aggregate of that amount and 50 per cent. of the section 59B amount, or (b) the amount which would have been payable in accordance with subsection (2) of section 59A of this Act if the claim under subsection (3) or (4) of that section had not been made, whichever is the less. (6) In determining for the purposes of subsections (4) and (5) above what amount (if any) is payable by any person in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act or, in respect of income tax assessed under section 29 of this Act, in accordance with section 59B(6) of this Act— (a) it shall be assumed that both of the section 59A amounts have been paid, and (b) no account shall be taken of any amount which has been paid on account otherwise than under section 59A(2) of this Act or is payable by way of capital gains tax. (7) Subsection (8) below applies where as regards any person and a year of assessment— (a) amounts (the section 59A amounts) become payable by him in accordance with section 59A(2) of this Act, and (b) an amount (the section 59B amount) becomes repayable to him in accordance with section 59B (3), (4) or (5) of this Act. (8) So much of any interest payable under this section on either of the section 59A amounts as is not attributable to the amount by which that amount exceeds 50 per cent. of the section 59B amount shall be remitted. (9) In determining for the purposes of subsections (7) and (8) above what amount (if any) is repayable to any person in accordance with section 59B(3), (4) or (5) of this Act, no account shall be taken of any amount which has been paid on account otherwise than under section 59A(2) of this Act or is payable by way of capital gains tax.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

A proposal here is not law. Support on Solon is evidence that people want the change; the official route says what it takes to make it law.

Sign in to file your proposal. What you have written stays on this page.

Sign in to file it

Think it through

Ask what your change would do, who would gain and who would bear a cost, and where something like it is already law. The assistant reads your draft as it stands, cites the law and the studies it finds, and takes no side. What you file stays yours.

Questions to start with
Think it through
Legal information from the published text, not advice for your case. Check the sources. Find a law · What the register holds