# Finance Act 1998, Paragraph 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) A company which—
(a) is chargeable to tax for an accounting period, and
(b) has not received a notice requiring a company tax return,
must give notice to an officer of Revenue and Customs that it is so chargeable.
(1A) But a company is not required to give notice under sub-paragraph (1) in respect of an accounting period if for the period—
(a) all the income on which it is chargeable to tax consists of payments on which it bears income tax by deduction, ...
(b) the company has no chargeable gains , and
(c) having deducted the income tax mentioned in paragraph (a) at the fourth step in paragraph 8 (calculation of tax payable), the amount of tax payable for the period is nil.
(2) A notice required to be given under this paragraph must be given within twelve months from the end of the accounting period.
(2A) Where sub-paragraph (1A) would apply as regards a company if the company were to make a claim to obtain relief under section 6(2)(a) or (3)(a) of TIOPA 2010 in respect of a disposal that has an appropriate connection to a collective investment vehicle for the purposes of paragraph 6 of Schedule 5AAA to TCGA 1992, the company is not required to make such a claim in order to obtain relief in respect of the disposal (despite section 6(6) of TIOPA 2010).
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/18/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998/schedule-18/paragraph-2
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