Finance Act 2019

TMA 1970

22 In TMA 1970, after section 8B insert—

“8C Returns so far as relating to capital gains tax

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the amount of chargeable gains accruing to a person in a tax year does not exceed the annual exempt amount for the year applicable to the person under section 1K of the 1992 Act,

(b) the total amount or value of the consideration for all chargeable disposals of assets made by the person in the year does not exceed four times that annual exempt amount,

(c) the person is not a remittance-basis individual for the year, and

(d) a notice under section 8 or 8A is given to the person requiring information for the purpose of establishing the amount in which the person is chargeable to capital gains tax for the year.

(2) If the person makes a statement confirming the matters set out in subsection (1)(a) to (c), the statement constitutes sufficient compliance with that requirement.

(3) For the purposes of this section every disposal is a “chargeable disposal” other than—

(a) a disposal on which any gain accruing is not a chargeable gain, and

(b) a disposal to which section 58 of the 1992 Act applies (spouses and civil partners).

(4) For the purposes of this section an individual is “a remittance-basis individual” for a tax year if—

(a) section 809B of ITA 2007 applies to the individual for the year, or

(b) paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the 1992 Act applies in relation to any gains that are treated as accruing to the individual in the year as a result of paragraph 1 of that Schedule.”