Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Registered Pension Schemes (Accounting and Assessment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2006.

Interpretation

2. —(1) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Finance Act 2004;

“ITEPA” means the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003( 2 );

“TMA” means the Taxes Management Act 1970( 3 ).

(2) In these Regulations a reference to a numbered case is a reference to the case bearing that number in Table 2.

The particulars required to be included in returns under section 254

3. If the scheme administrator is liable to income tax in respect of a charge listed in column 1 of Table 1, the return under section 254 of the Act must include the particulars in respect of that liability specified in column 2.

The making of assessments

4. —(1) In the cases listed in column 1 of Table 2 an officer of Revenue and Customs must issue an assessment to tax to the assessable person specified in column 2.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), tax assessed under this regulation is payable within 30 days after the issue of the notice of assessment.

(3) Tax assessed under cases 1 and 2 is payable on the day following the expiry of nine months from the end of the accounting period in which the unauthorised payment was made or, if later, within 30 days after the issue of the notice of assessment.

(4) An assessment under case 3 may be made at any time not later than six years after an officer of Revenue and Customs is notified of the relevant lump sum death benefit, but cannot be made later than 20 years after 31st January following the end of the tax year in which the relevant lump sum death benefit was paid.

(5) Any tax assessable under one or more cases of Table 1 may be included in one assessment if the tax so included is all due on the same date.

Interest on tax due under section 254 or assessed under regulation 4

5. —(1) Tax which—

(a) becomes due and payable in accordance with section 254(5) of the Act, or

(b) is assessed under regulation 4,

carries interest at the prescribed rate from the reckonable date until payment (“the interest period”).

(2) The “prescribed rate” means the rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989( 5 ) for the purposes of section 86 of TMA( 6 ).

(3) In relation to each of the cases listed in column 1 of Table 3, the “reckonable date” is specified in column 2.

(4) Paragraph (1) applies even if the reckonable date is a non-business day as defined by section 92 of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882( 7 ).

(5) Any change made to the prescribed rate during the interest period applies to the unpaid amount from the date of the change.

The making of amended returns

6. If the scheme administrator becomes aware—

(a) that anything which ought to have been included in a return made under section 254 of the Act for any period has not been so included,

(b) that anything which ought not to have been included in a return made under section 254 of the Act for any period has been so included, or

(c) that any other error has occurred in a return made under section 254 of the Act for any period,

the scheme administrator must immediately make an amended return to an officer of Revenue and Customs for that period.

Adjustments, repayments and interest on tax overpaid

7. —(1) If the correct tax due under section 254 of the Act has not been paid on or before the due date or if an amended return is made under regulation 6, an officer of Revenue and Customs may make such adjustments or repayments as may be required for securing that the resulting liabilities to tax (including interest on unpaid or overpaid tax) whether of the scheme administrator or of any other person are the same as they would have been if the correct tax had been paid or if a correct return had been made.

(2) Tax overpaid which is repaid to the scheme administrator or any other person carries interest at the prescribed rate from the later of the due date and the date on which the tax was paid until the date of repayment (“the interest period”).

(3) The “prescribed rate” means the rate applicable under section 178 of the Finance Act 1989 for the purposes of section 824 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988( 8 ).

(4) Any change made to the prescribed rate during the interest period applies to the overpaid amount from the date of the change.

Modifications and application of TMA

8. —(1) Section 9(1A)( 9 ) of TMA (tax not to be assessed by a self-assessment) applies with the following modifications in relation to an assessment to tax under case 3, 6 or 7.

(2) At the end of paragraph (a) delete “or”.

(3) After paragraph (b) insert—

“ (c) is chargeable on a person under section 217(2) of the Finance Act 2004 (liability to lifetime allowance charge by reason of the payment of a relevant lump sum death benefit),

(d) is chargeable on a person or persons under section 272 of the Finance Act 2004(trustees etc. liable as scheme administrator), or

(e) is chargeable on a person or persons under section 273 of the Finance Act 2004 (members liable as scheme administrator). ” .

9. —(1) Section 29(1)(a)( 10 ) of TMA (assessment where loss of tax discovered) applies with the following modification in relation to an assessment to tax under case 1, 2 or 3.

(2) After “any income” insert—

“ , unauthorised payments under section 208 of the Finance Act 2004 or surchargeable unauthorised payments under section 209 of that Act or relevant lump sum death benefit under section 217(2) of that Act ” .

10. —(1) Section 34(1)( 11 ) of TMA (ordinary time limit of six years) applies with the following modifications in relation to an assessment to tax under case 8.

(2) For “income tax or” substitute “income tax,”.

(3) After “capital gains tax” insert—

• “ or to tax chargeable under section 394(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 ” .

11. —(1) Section 36(1)( 12 ) of TMA (fraudulent or negligent conduct) applies with the following modifications in relation to an assessment to tax under case 8.

(2) For “income tax or” substitute “income tax,”.

(3) After “capital gains tax” insert “ or to tax chargeable under section 394(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003”.

12. In relation to any assessment under case 5—

(a) section 34 of TMA applies notwithstanding that the assessment may relate to a quarter or other period which is not a year of assessment, and

(b) for the purposes of section 36 of TMA any such assessment relates to the year of assessment in which the quarter or other period ends.

Modification of Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998

13. —(1)Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998( 13 ) (company tax returns, assessments and related matters) applies with the following modification in relation to an assessment to tax under case 8.

(2) In paragraph 1 after “as if it was corporation tax” insert—

“ but does not include any tax which is chargeable on the person who is (or persons who are) the responsible person in relation to an employer-financed retirement benefits scheme under section 394(2) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 ” .