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The Finance Act 2021 (Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax) (Penalties) (Appointed Day: Digitally Obligated Persons) Regulations 2026

S.I. 2026/370 · Made 25 March 2026

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INCOME TAX

CAPITAL GAINS TAX

Made 25th March 2026

The Treasury make these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 116(3) and (4), 117(2) and (3) and 118(2) and (3) of the Finance Act 2021f1.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2021 c. 26.

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Appointed Day
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Finance Act 2021 (Income Tax and Capital Gains Tax) (Penalties) (Appointed Day: Digitally Obligated Persons) Regulations 2026.

2Interpretation

In these Regulations, “digitally obligated person” means a person who, in the tax year 2026-27f1, is subject to a requirement to provide information under regulations made under paragraph 7 of Schedule A1 to the Taxes Management Act 1970f2(periodic updates), other than a person to whom provision under paragraph 14(1A) or 15(3) of that Schedule applies (prior requirements to be treated as never having been imposed).

3Appointed Day

(1)

1st April 2026 is the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedules 24, 25 and 27 to the Finance Act 2021f1 (penalties for failure to make returns or deliberately withholding information and consequential amendments), so far as not already in force, for the purposes of failures by digitally obligated persons in relation to returnsf2 which—

(a)

are required to be made in respect of persons other than trustees or partnerships in relation to the tax year 2026-27 or any subsequent tax year, and

(b)

fall within—

(i)

item 1 of the Table in paragraph 2 of Schedule 24, or

(ii)

item 1 of the Table in paragraph 1 of Schedule 25.

(2)

1st April 2026 is the day appointed for the coming into force of Schedules 26 and 27 to the Finance Act 2021f3 (penalties for failure to pay tax and consequential amendments), so far as not already in force, for the purposes of failures by digitally obligated persons in relation to payments of the tax due on or before the specified datef4 which—

(a)

are payable in respect of persons other than trustees or partnerships in relation to the tax year 2026-27 or any subsequent tax year, and

(b)

fall within the table relating to income tax or capital gains tax in paragraph 1 of Schedule 26.

Signature

Taiwo Owatemi

Christian Wakeford

Two of the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty’s Treasury

25th March 2026

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations provide that 1st April 2026 is the appointed day on which Schedules 24 to 27 come into force for income tax and capital gains tax for the purposes of failures by digitally obligated persons in relation to returns required to be made and tax payable by persons other than trustees or partnerships.

Schedules 24 to 27 to the Finance Act 2021 provide for penalties for failures to make returns, pay tax and for withholding information and make consequential amendments.

Regulation 2 defines digitally obligated persons by reference to regulations made under paragraph 7 of Schedule A1 to the Taxes Management Act 1970.

A Tax Information and Impact Note has not been prepared for this instrument as it gives effect to previously announced policy and it is appointed day regulations.