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Finance Act 2026

Crossheading Making tax digital

  • Section 256 Persons on whom digital reporting requirements may be imposed
  • Section 257 Exemptions from digital reporting requirements
  • Section 258 Returns to be delivered by electronic communications etc.
  • Section 259 Penalties: amendments consequential on section 258 etc
  • Section 260 Powers relating to electronic communications: directions
  • Section 261 Power to require digital contact details
  1. Making tax digital
  2. Returns to be delivered by electronic communications etc.

Section 258 | Returns to be delivered by electronic communications etc.

From legislation.gov.uk

(1)Schedule A1 to TMA 1970 (digital reporting and record-keeping) (as inserted by section 60 of F(No.2)A 2017) is amended as follows.

(2)Omit paragraph 8.

(3)For paragraph 9 and the cross-heading before it substitute—

9Personal or trustee return etc.

(a)a return required by section 8(1)(a) or 8A(1)(a) of this Act;

(b)any accounts, statements and documents required by section 8(1)(b) or 8A(1)(b) of this Act;

(c)a notice amending a return under section 9ZA of this Act.

(4)In paragraph 13 (electronic communications and records: supplementary powers)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (1), omit “, 8”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (2), before paragraph (a) insert—

(za)as to the means of electronic communication to be used for providing information;

.

(5)In paragraph 14 (exemptions for the digitally excluded), in sub-paragraph (1)(a), for “8” substitute “9”.

(6)Schedule 14 to F(No.2)A 2017 is repealed.

(7)In consequence of the repeal made by subsection (6), in section 61 of F(No.2)A 2017—

(a)omit subsection (1);

(b)in subsection (2), omit “or Schedule 14”;

(c)in subsection (6)—

(i)for “(1)” substitute “(2)”;

(ii)omit “and Schedule 14”.

(8)The amendments made by subsections (2) to (5) come into force on the same day as section 60 of F(No.2)A 2017 comes into force.

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