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Paragraph 21F Additional information about paymentsF1

United Kingdom

(1)

A Real Time Information employer must inform HMRC of each of the amounts specified in Schedule 4B (additional information about payments) for each tax period unless sub-paragraph (4) or (5) applies.

(2)

The information must be given in a return.

(3)

The return must be delivered within 14 days after the end of the tax period.

(4)

This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)

all of the amounts are zero; and

(b)

the employer has not made a return under sub-paragraph (2) in the tax year.

(5)

This paragraph applies if none of the amounts has changed in the tax period.

(6)

If an employer makes an error in a return under this paragraph, the employer must provide the correct information in the first return made under sub-paragraph (2) after the discovery of the error.

(7)

But if the information given has not been corrected before 20th April following the end of the year in question, the employer must provide the correct information for the year in question in a return under this sub-paragraph.

(F27A)

A Real Time Information employer may send to HMRC a notification (included within a return under this paragraph or otherwise) if—

(a)

for a tax period, the employer was not required to make any returns in accordance with paragraph 21A or 21D because no payments of F3... earnings were made during the tax periods, or

(b)

the employer has sent the final return under paragraph 21A or 21D that the employer expects to make—

(i)

in the circumstances described in paragraph 5 of Schedule A1 to the PAYE Regulations (real time returns); or

(ii)

for the year.

(8)

A return under sub-paragraph (2) or (7) F4and a notification under paragraph (7A)—

(a)

must state—

(i)

the year to which the return relates,

(ii)

the employer's HMRC office number,

(iii)

the employer's PAYE reference, F5...

(iv)

the employer's accounts office referenceF6, and;

(v)

if the notification is under sub-paragraph (7A)(b)(i), include the date of cessation;

(b)

is to be made using an approved method of electronic communications.

F7(9)

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(10)

For the purposes of sub-paragraph (8)(b), regulation 90N(2) (mandatory use of electronic communications) applies as if the return was a paragraph 22 return within the meaning given by regulation 90M (paragraph 22 return and specified payments).

(11)

The requirement to use an approved method of electronic communications does not apply if the employer is one to whom paragraph 21D (exceptions to paragraph 21A) applies but in those circumstances the return must be in such a form as HMRC may approve or prescribe.

(12)

Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007 (penalties for errors), as that Schedule applies to income tax returns, shall apply in relation to the requirement to make a return contained in sub-paragraph (2) or (7).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 paras. 21A-21F inserted (6.4.2012) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/821), regs. 1(1), 11

F2

Sch. 4 para. 21F(7A) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 17(2)

F3

Word in Sch. 4 para. 21F omitted (6.4.2015) by virtue of The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 2) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/478), regs. 1(4), 22(4)(c)

F4

Words in Sch. 4 para. 21F(8) inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 17(3)(a)

F5

Word in Sch. 4 para. 21F(8)(a)(iii) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 17(3)(b)

F6

Sch. 4 para. 21F(8)(a)(v) and word inserted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 17(3)(c)

F7

Sch. 4 para. 21F(9) omitted (with application in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment and Application of Schedule 38 to the Finance Act 2012) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/622), regs. 1, 17(3)(c)

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

See sections 3(2) and (5), 4(5) and (6), 116, 117, 118, 119 and 120 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (“the Act”) as amended respectively by paragraphs 3, 4, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the Transfer Act”). The functions of the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7) and the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8) were transferred to the Department for Social Development by Article 8(b) of and Part II of Schedule 6 to the Departments (Transfer and Assignment of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 (S.R. 1999 No. 481).

F2

See section 176(2)(b) of the Act.

Notes on Schedule 4

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 4 heading substituted (6.4.2004) by The Social Security (Contributions, Categorisation of Earners and Intermediaries) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.I. 2004/770), regs. 1(1), 29(2)