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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998/schedule-19/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/36",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/19/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 33 of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (error or mistake) is amended as follows.\n(2) For subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) If a person who has paid income tax or capital gains tax under an assessment (whether a self-assessment or otherwise) alleges that the assessment was excessive by reason of some error or mistake in a return, he may by notice in writing at any time not later than five years after the 31st January next following the year of assessment to which the return relates, make a claim to the Board for relief.”.\n(3) In subsection (5), after paragraph (a) insert “ , and ” and omit paragraph (c).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1999/16",
      "affecting_title": "Finance Act 1999"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/19/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:22:30.566925+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}