# Finance Act 1998, Paragraph 21


In section 43 of the Taxes Management Act 1970, for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) Subject to any provision of the Taxes Acts prescribing a longer or shorter period, no claim for relief in respect of income tax or capital gains tax may be made more than five years after the 31st January next following the year of assessment to which it relates.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/36/schedule/19/paragraph/21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-1998/schedule-19/paragraph-21
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