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Section 1142D General rule against payments of credit to nomineesF1

(1)

Where an amount of R&D expenditure credit or R&D tax credit is owed to a company, an officer of Revenue and Customs may not pay the amount to a person other than the company (even on the instruction or at the request of the company).

(2)

Subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a)

the company requests that payment be made to a person connected with the company, or

(b)

the officer is satisfied that exceptional circumstances make payment to the company impracticable or inconvenient.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 1142D inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 17(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 1 paras. 9(17), 16 (with Sch. 1 para. 18)

Notes on Part 13

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Pt. 13 heading omitted (with effect in relation to accounting periods beginning on or after 1.4.2024) by virtue of Finance Act 2024 (c. 3), Sch. 1 paras. 3, 16 (with Sch. 1 para. 18); S.I. 2024/286, reg. 2