§ 8A.—(1) For the purpose of assessing a trustee of a settlement, and the settlors and beneficiaries, to income tax an inspector may by a notice given to the trustee require the trustee—
- (a) to make and deliver to the inspector within the time limited by the notice a return containing such information as may be required in pursuance of the notice, and
- (b) to deliver with the return such accounts and statements, relating to information contained in the return, as may be required in pursuance of the notice; and a notice may be given to any one trustee or separate notices may be given to each trustee or to such trustees as the inspector thinks fit.
§ (2) Every return under this section shall include a declaration by the person making the return to the effect that the return is to the best of his knowledge correct and complete.
§ (3) A notice under this section may require different information, accounts and statements for different periods or in relation to different descriptions of source of income.
§ (4) Notices under this section may require different information, accounts and statements in relation to different descriptions of settlement.'.—[Mr. Lilley.]
§ Mr. Deputy Speaker (Mr. Harold Walker)With this, it will be convenient to consider amendment No. 26.
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownBoth amendments are relatively minor. They relate to trustees' powers concerning special trust tax returns. Both are unexceptionable. The Opposition accept them.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Amendment made: No. 26, in page 77, line 40, leave out subsection (2) and insert—
§ '(2) In section 12 of that Act (information about chargeable gains)—
- (a) in subsection (1) for the words "Section 8" there shall be substituted the words "Sections 8 and 8A" and for the words "it applies" there shall be substituted the words "they apply";
- (b) in subsection (2) after the words "section 8" there shall be inserted the words "or section 8A";
- (c) in subsection (4) the words "of income of a partnership" shall be omitted.
§ (2A) In section 93 of that Act (penalties) in subsection (1) for the words "9 of this Act (or either" there shall be substituted the words "8A or 9 of this Act (or any".
§ (2B) In section 95 of that Act (penalties) in subsection (1)(a) for the words "9 of this Act (or either" there shall be substituted the words "8A or 9 of this Act (or any".'.—[Mr. Lilley.]