# Finance Act 1998, Paragraph 20A


(1) This paragraph applies where—
(a) a company delivers a purported return (“the relevant return”) for a period (“the relevant period”),
(b) no notice under paragraph 3 has been given to the company in respect of the relevant period, and
(c) Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs treats the relevant return as a return made and delivered in pursuance of such a notice.
(2) For the purposes of the Taxes Acts—
(a) treat a relevant notice as having been given to the company on the day the relevant return was delivered, and
(b) treat the relevant return as having been made and delivered in pursuance of that notice (and, accordingly, treat it as if it were a company tax return under paragraph 3).
(3) “Relevant notice” means a notice under paragraph 3 requiring the company to deliver a return for the relevant period.
(4) In sub-paragraph (1)(a) “purported return” means anything that—
(a) is in a form, and is delivered in a way, that a corresponding return could have been made and delivered had a relevant notice been given, and
(b) purports to be a company tax return.
(5) Nothing in this paragraph affects paragraph 46 or any other provisions of the Taxes Acts specifying a time limit for the making of an assessment.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/18/paragraph/20A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998/schedule-18/paragraph-20A
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