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“travel and subsistence expenses” means so much of a payment made by a producer company in respect of expenses of travel and subsistence as does not exceed the upper of any relevant rate or rates laid down from time to time by the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform in relation to the payment of expenses of travel and subsistence of a civil servant (within the meaning of the Civil Service Regulation Act 1956);

“accessibility services” means services that facilitate the enjoyment of an eligible unscripted programme by persons with a disability (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Disability Act 2005);

“accessibility services” means services that facilitate the enjoyment of an eligible unscripted programme by persons with a disability (within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Disability Act 2005);

“director” shall be construed in accordance with section 433(4);

(ii) as not forming part of the income of the company for the purposes of calculating a surcharge under section 440.

“broadcast” and “broadcaster” have the same meanings, respectively, as they have in section 481;

(e) not certified as a qualifying film under section 481;

(d) in respect of which the company has claimed relief under section 481, or

(II) a territory with the government of which arrangements having the force of law by virtue of section 826(1) have been made,

(28) Any claim in respect of an interim unscripted production corporation tax credit under subsection (21) or an unscripted production corporation tax credit under subsection (22) (whether, in either case, the amount of the credit is to be treated as an overpayment of tax under subsection (23)(a) or paid to the company under subsection (23)(b)) shall, for the purposes of sections 851A and 851B, Chapter 4 of Part 38 and Part 47, be treated as a claim for a credit and the amount so claimed shall be treated as an amount of tax refundable.

(34) Notwithstanding section 851A, where a producer company obtains relief under this section, the Revenue Commissioners may disclose the following taxpayer information in accordance with State aid transparency requirements:

(35) In relation to information provided to the Minister by a company for the purposes of obtaining an interim or final certificate under this section, the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, in processing such information, shall, for the purposes of section 851A, be deemed to be engaged as a service provider with respect to the administration of this section.

(28) Any claim in respect of an interim unscripted production corporation tax credit under subsection (21) or an unscripted production corporation tax credit under subsection (22) (whether, in either case, the amount of the credit is to be treated as an overpayment of tax under subsection (23)(a) or paid to the company under subsection (23)(b)) shall, for the purposes of sections 851A and 851B, Chapter 4 of Part 38 and Part 47, be treated as a claim for a credit and the amount so claimed shall be treated as an amount of tax refundable.

(b) without prejudice to the generality of section 886, where the company fails to provide, when requested to do so by the Revenue Commissioners, for the purposes of verifying compliance with the provisions governing the relief or with any condition specified in a certificate issued by the Minister under subsection (4) or (9), evidence to vouch each item of expenditure in the State or elsewhere on the production of the interim unscripted programme and the qualifying unscripted programme, whether expended by the producer company or by any other person engaged, directly or indirectly, by the producer company to provide goods, services or facilities in relation to such production and, in particular, such evidence shall include—

(i) records required to be kept or retained by the producer company by virtue of section 886, and

(ii) records, in relation to the production of the interim unscripted programme and the qualifying unscripted programme, required to be kept or retained by that other person by virtue of section 886, or which would be so required if that other person were subject to the provisions of that section,

(29) Where a producer company specifies that an interim unscripted production corporation tax credit or an unscripted production corporation tax credit is to be treated, under subsection (23)(a), as an overpayment of tax, and where that amount is, under section 960H, offset in whole or in part against the company’s corporation tax payable (within the meaning of Part 41A) for the accounting period, then, for the purposes of calculating the amount of preliminary tax due in respect of that accounting period and the subsequent accounting period under section 959AR or 959AS, as the case may be, the amount of corporation tax payable by the company for that accounting period shall be reduced by the amount so offset.

(29) Where a producer company specifies that an interim unscripted production corporation tax credit or an unscripted production corporation tax credit is to be treated, under subsection (23)(a), as an overpayment of tax, and where that amount is, under section 960H, offset in whole or in part against the company’s corporation tax payable (within the meaning of Part 41A) for the accounting period, then, for the purposes of calculating the amount of preliminary tax due in respect of that accounting period and the subsequent accounting period under section 959AR or 959AS, as the case may be, the amount of corporation tax payable by the company for that accounting period shall be reduced by the amount so offset.

(a) treated as an overpayment of tax, for the purposes of section 960H, or

(29) Where a producer company specifies that an interim unscripted production corporation tax credit or an unscripted production corporation tax credit is to be treated, under subsection (23)(a), as an overpayment of tax, and where that amount is, under section 960H, offset in whole or in part against the company’s corporation tax payable (within the meaning of Part 41A) for the accounting period, then, for the purposes of calculating the amount of preliminary tax due in respect of that accounting period and the subsequent accounting period under section 959AR or 959AS, as the case may be, the amount of corporation tax payable by the company for that accounting period shall be reduced by the amount so offset.

(33) Where an amount is charged to tax in accordance with subsection (31), the amount so charged shall, for the purposes of section 1080, be deemed to be tax due and payable and shall carry interest as determined in accordance with subsection (2)(c) of section 1080 as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date the amount was paid or offset, under section 960H, by the Revenue Commissioners.

(30) In respect of any claim in respect of an interim unscripted production corporation tax credit or an unscripted production corporation tax credit, as the case may be, that remains unpaid, for the purposes of determining an amount in accordance with subsection (3) or (4) of section 1077F, a reference to an amount of tax that would have been payable for the relevant period by the person concerned shall be read as if it were a reference to the amount so claimed.

(33) Where an amount is charged to tax in accordance with subsection (31), the amount so charged shall, for the purposes of section 1080, be deemed to be tax due and payable and shall carry interest as determined in accordance with subsection (2)(c) of section 1080 as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date the amount was paid or offset, under section 960H, by the Revenue Commissioners.

(33) Where an amount is charged to tax in accordance with subsection (31), the amount so charged shall, for the purposes of section 1080, be deemed to be tax due and payable and shall carry interest as determined in accordance with subsection (2)(c) of section 1080 as if a reference to the date when the tax became due and payable were a reference to the date the amount was paid or offset, under section 960H, by the Revenue Commissioners.

(c) the producer company, any company controlled by the producer company and each person who is either the beneficial owner of, or able directly or indirectly to control, more than 15 per cent of the ordinary share capital of the producer company (in this paragraph referred to as a ‘relevant person’), as the case may be, is not in compliance with all of the obligations imposed by the Tax Acts, the Capital Gains Tax Acts or the Value-Added Tax Consolidation Act 2010 in relation to—