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Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 (Number 39 of 1997)

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485G Miscellaneous (Chapter 2A).

(1) Nothing in this Chapter shall prevent an individual referred to in paragraph (b) of section 267(1) who is entitled to a repayment of the whole or any part of the appropriate tax (within the meaning of section 256) by virtue of subsection (3) of section 267 from obtaining any such repayment in accordance with that subsection.

(2) (a) Where this Chapter applies to an individual for a tax year, the following provisions shall apply as respects the individual and any specified relief used by the individual in the tax year—

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(i) for the purposes of Part 9 and that Part as applied for the purposes of any other provision of the Tax Acts, the individual shall be treated as if all specified reliefs used by the individual in that year were used in full by that individual in that year notwithstanding section 485E,

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(i) for the purposes of Part 9 and that Part as applied for the purposes of any other provision of the Tax Acts, the amount of any specified relief used by the individual in the tax year shall be determined without regard to the application to the individual for that year of section 485E,

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(ii) the calculation of the amount unallowed under section 292 in the case of a specified relief shall take no account of the application of this Chapter to the relief for any tax year,

(iii) the application of this Chapter to a specified relief for any tax year shall not affect the determination of the amount of a balancing charge (within the meaning of section 274 and that section as applied for the purposes of any other provision of the Tax Acts) to be made on, or a balancing allowance (within the same meanings) to be made to, any individual in respect of that relief, but the amount of any such balancing charge to be made on that individual shall be reduced by the amount determined under paragraph (b) and where any such reduction applies [3]>the amount of the individual’s excess relief for the year in which the balancing charge arises plus any excess relief carried forward to that year and not deducted or not fully deducted for that year<[3][3]>the sum of—<[3]

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(I) the amount of the individual’s excess relief for the year in which the balancing charge arises, and

(II) the amount of any excess relief carried forward to that year that is not deducted for that year,

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shall be reduced by an amount equal to the amount by which the balancing charge is reduced, and

(iv) the application of this Chapter to the individual for that year in respect of a specified relief shall be ignored for the purposes of determining whether any amount of the specified relief is available for carry-forward to a subsequent tax year.

(b) (i) The amount referred to in paragraph (a)(iii) is an amount equal to the lesser of—

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(I) the amount of the individual’s excess relief for the year plus any excess relief carried forward to that year and not deducted or not fully deducted for that year, before any reduction by reference to paragraph (a)(iii), and

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(I) the amount of the individual’s excess relief carried forward to the year in which the balancing charge arises and not deducted or not fully deducted for that year, before any reduction by reference to paragraph (a)(iii), and

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(II) an amount equal to the sum of the amounts determined in accordance with subparagraph (ii) in respect of each tax year for which—

(A) section 485E applied to the individual, and

(B) an allowance was made to the individual,

in respect of the building or structure in respect of which the balancing charge arises.

(ii) The amount referred to in subparagraph (i)(II) is an amount determined by the formula—

A

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E

S

where—

A is the amount of the allowance made to the individual for a year,

E is the amount of the individual’s excess relief for that year, and

S is the individual’s aggregate of the specified reliefs for that year.

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(3) Where this Chapter applies to an individual for a tax year, then, to the extent that there is included in the individual’s taxable income determined in accordance with section 485E any amount which, apart from this subsection, would be disregarded or not reckoned for the purposes of income tax or would be otherwise exempt from income tax under any of the provisions referred to in Schedule 25B, that amount shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Acts, be chargeable to income tax, and—

(a) the amount of tax for the year contained in any assessment to tax made on the individual for the year shall include any tax due by virtue of this subsection, and the provisions of the Tax Acts, including in particular those provisions relating to the assessment, collection and recovery of tax and the payment of interest on unpaid tax, shall apply as respects any tax due by virtue of this subsection, or

(b) where, but for this Chapter, no assessment to tax would be made on that individual for the year, the provisions of the Tax Acts, including in particular those provisions relating to the assessment, collection and recovery of tax and the payment of interest on unpaid tax, shall apply as respects any tax due by virtue of this subsection.

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(3) (a) Where this Chapter applies to an individual for a tax year, then, to the extent that the individual’s taxable income determined in accordance with section 485E exceeds the amount of the profits, gains or income in respect of which the individual is chargeable under Schedules C, D, E and F the amount of the excess shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Acts, be deemed to be an amount of income chargeable to income tax under Case IV of Schedule D, but—

(i) the amount so chargeable shall not be reckoned in computing the individual’s total income for that year, and

(ii) this paragraph shall be disregarded for the purpose of determining—

(I) whether this Chapter should apply to an individual for a tax year, and

(II) the amount of “T” in the formula in the definition of “adjusted income” in section 485C(1) and in the formula in section 485E.

(b) Any assessment to income tax to be made on an individual for a tax year shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Acts, include, in addition to any income, profits or gains of the individual otherwise chargeable to income tax, any amount chargeable to income tax on the individual by virtue of paragraph (a), and the provisions of the Tax Acts, including in particular those provisions relating to the assessment, collection and recovery of tax and the payment of interest on unpaid tax, shall apply as respects any amount chargeable to income tax by virtue of paragraph (a).

(c) Where, but for this Chapter, no assessment to income tax would be made on an individual for a tax year, then a Revenue officer shall, notwithstanding any other provision of the Tax Acts, make an assessment to income tax on the individual to the best of the officer’s judgement of the amounts chargeable to income tax, including any amount chargeable by virtue of paragraph (a), and the provisions of the Tax Acts, including in particular those provisions relating to the assessment, collection and recovery of tax and the payment of interest on unpaid tax, shall apply as respects—

(i) any amount chargeable to income tax by virtue of paragraph (a), and

(ii) any assessment to income tax made on the individual by virtue of this paragraph.

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(4) (a) Subject to [7]>paragraph (b) and subsection (5)<[7][7]>paragraph (b), subsection (5) and paragraph 5 of Schedule 24<[7], where under any provision of the Tax Acts (other than any provision of this Chapter) the calculation of a relief, deduction, credit in relation to tax or, as the case may be, a reduction in the amount of tax payable arises for a tax year which requires total income, taxable income, tax payable or tax chargeable for the year to be taken into account as part of the calculation—

(i) that calculation shall be carried out as if this Chapter, other than section 485F, does not apply, and

(ii) (I) in the case of a relief or deduction, effect shall be given to such relief or deduction before the application of this Chapter but after the application of section 485F, or

(II) in the case of a credit in relation to tax or, as the case may be, a reduction in the amount of tax payable, the benefit of that credit or reduction (as calculated in accordance with subparagraph (i)) shall be given against the amount of tax to be charged on the individual for the year involved in relation to his or her taxable income as determined in accordance with section 485E.

(b) Where this Chapter applies to an individual for a tax year nothing in paragraph (a) shall affect the calculation of the amount of tax which is to be charged on the individual for the year involved in relation to his or her taxable income as determined in accordance with section 485E.

(5) Where this Chapter applies to an individual for a tax year, the provisions of section 187 (as amended by the Finance Act 2008) or section 188 shall not apply to the individual for that year.

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Inserted by FA06 s17(1). Applies for the year of assessment 2007 and subsequent years of assessment.

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Substituted by FA07 s18(1)(e)(i). Applies for the year of assessment 2007 and subsequent years of assessment.

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Substituted by FA07 s18(1)(e)(ii). Applies for the year of assessment 2007 and subsequent years of assessment.

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Substituted by FA07 s18(1)(e)(iii). Applies for the year of assessment 2007 and subsequent years of assessment.

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Substituted by FA07 s18(1)(e)(iv). Applies for the year of assessment 2007 and subsequent years of assessment.

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Inserted by FA08 s23(1). Applies as respects any relief, deduction, credit in relation to tax or, as the case may be, a reduction in the amount of tax payable, details of which fall to be included in particulars on a return, required to be delivered under section 951, which is delivered on or after 31 January 2008.

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Substituted by F(No.2)A13 s16(d). Comes into operation on 1 January 2014.