CH145060 - Interest: Late payment interest: special provisions: effect of interest on reliefs for income tax and capital gains tax : relief by discharge - example
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Harriet files her 2013-14 ITSA return and is required to make a balancing payment of £5,000 on 31 January 2015. Harriet doesn’t make the balancing payment until 1 October 2015. Late payment interest on £5,000 runs from 31 January 2015 until 1 October 2015.
However, on 15 September 2015 Harriet claims relief relating to losses for 2014-15, to be calculated by reference to 2013-14. The amount of the relief is £2,000, and it is given effect by discharging part of her unpaid balancing payment of £5,000 for 2013-14.
The special provision means that late payment interest is charged on £2,000 of the balancing payment from the late payment interest start date of 31 January 2015 to 15 September 2015 when Harriet made the loss relief claim. The balance of £3,000 carries late payment interest from the late payment interest start date of 31 January 2015 until the payment date of 1 October 2015.