{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-collection-and-management-wales-act-2016/section-42",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-collection-and-management-wales-act-2016/section-42.json",
  "legislation": "anaw/2016/6",
  "legislation_title": "Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-collection-and-management-wales-act-2016",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Correction of tax return by WRA",
  "text": "(1) WRA may correct any obvious error or omission in a tax return.\n(2) A correction under this section—\n(a) is made by issuing a notice to the person who made the tax return, and\n(b) is regarded as effecting an amendment of the tax return.\n(3) The reference in subsection (1) to an error includes, for instance, an arithmetical mistake or an error of principle.\n(4) A correction under this section must be made before the end of the period of 9 months beginning with the day on which the tax return was made.\n(4A) If, as a result of a correction made under this section, an amount, or an additional amount, of WRA-collected tax is payable, the person who made the tax return must pay the amount, or additional amount, before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which notice of the correction is issued.\n(5) A correction under this section has no effect if the person who made the tax return rejects it by—\n(a) during the amendment period, amending the tax return under section 41 so as to reject the correction, or\n(b) after that period, giving a notice rejecting the correction.\n(6) A notice under subsection (5)(b) must be given to WRA before the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day on which the notice of correction is issued.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 42(4A) inserted (1.4.2018) by Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1), s. 81(2)(3), Sch. 23 para. 11(a); S.I. 2018/34, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Act substituted (19.9.2025) by Visitor Accommodation (Register and Levy) Etc. (Wales) Act 2025 (asc 5), s. 67(1), Sch. 2 para. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 42(5)(a) inserted (1.4.2018) by Land Transaction Tax and Anti-avoidance of Devolved Taxes (Wales) Act 2017 (anaw 1), s. 81(2)(3), Sch. 23 para. 11(b); S.I. 2018/34, art. 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 1.4.2018 by S.I. 2018/33, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/anaw/2016/6/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:18:13.778220+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."
}