Statutory Instruments
2016 No. 456 (C. 24)
Revenue And Customs
The Finance Act 2015, Schedule 20 (Appointed Days) Order 2016
Made
24th March 2016
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 120(2) and (3) of the Finance Act 2015( 1 ).
Citation and interpretation
1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 2015, Schedule 20 (Appointed Days) Order 2016.
2. In this Order—
“HMRC” means Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
“Schedule 20” means Schedule 20 to the Finance Act 2015 (penalties in connection with offshore matters and offshore transfers);
“transfer of value” has the meaning given by section 3 of the Inheritance Tax Act 1984( 2 ).
Appointed days in respect of amendments to Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007
3. —(1) The appointed day for the coming into force of paragraphs 3(3) to 3(7), 4 and 8 of Schedule 20 is 1st April 2016.
(2) The amendments to Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007 (penalties for errors)( 3 ) made by the above paragraphs have effect in relation to documents given to HMRC relating to—
(a) a transfer of value made on or after that date for the purposes of inheritance tax; and
(b) a tax year( 4 ) commencing on or after 6th April 2016 for the purposes of income tax and capital gains tax.
Appointed day in respect of amendments to Schedule 41 to the Finance Act 2008
4. —(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraphs 11(3) to 11(9) and 12 of Schedule 20 is 6th April 2016.
(2) Those amendments have effect in relation to an obligation arising under section 7 of the Taxes Management Act 1970( 5 ) (notice of liability to income tax and capital gains tax) in respect of a tax year commencing on or after that date.
Appointed day in respect of amendments to Schedule 55 to the Finance Act 2009
5. —(1) The day appointed for the coming into force of paragraphs 16(3) to 16(9) and 17 of Schedule 20 is 6th April 2016.
(2) Those amendments have effect in relation to a return or other document which—
(a) is required to be made or delivered to HMRC in relation to a tax year commencing on or after that date; and
(b) falls within item 1, 2 or 3 of the Table in paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 55 to the Finance Act 2009 (penalty for failure to make returns etc )( 6 ).
Charlie Elphicke
Mel Stride
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
24th March 2016
1984 c. 51 ; section 3 was amended by paragraph 8 of Schedule 20 to the Finance Act 2006 (c. 25) .
2007 c. 11 ; paragraphs 4A and 21A were inserted by paragraphs 2 and 5 respectively of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 2010 (c. 13) .
See section 4(2) and (4) of the Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3) for the meaning of the expression “tax year” for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts and section 288(1ZA) of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12) for the meaning of that expression for the purposes of enactments relating to capital gains tax. Section 288(1ZA) was inserted by paragraph 101(1) and (3) of Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2008 (c. 9) .
1970 c. 9 ; section 7 was substituted by paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 19 to the Finance Act 1994 (c. 9) and has been relevantly amended by sections 103(1), (2) and (7) and 115(1) to the Finance Act 1995 (c. 4) , paragraph 5 of Schedule 14 to the Finance Act 1998 (c. 36) , paragraph 124 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1) , paragraph 358 of Schedule 1 to the Income Tax (Trading and other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) , paragraph 38 of Schedule 1 to the Finance Act 2008, paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Finance Act 2012 (c. 14) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 51 to the Finance Act 2013 (c. 29) .