Finance Act, 1965

Power to require return as to sources of partnership income and amounts derived therefrom.

50.—(1) The precedent partner of any partnership, when required to do so by a notice given to him in relation to any year of assessment by an inspector of taxes, shall, within the time limited by the notice, prepare and deliver to the inspector a return in the prescribed form of—

(a) all the sources of income of the partnership for the year of assessment (in this section referred to as the preceding year) immediately preceding the year of assessment in relation to which the notice is given;

(b) the amount of income from each source for the preceding year computed in accordance with subsection (2) of this section;

(c) such further particulars for the purposes of income tax (including sur-tax) for the preceding year or the year of assessment as may be required by the notice or indicated by the prescribed form.

(2) The amount of income from any source to be included in a return under this section shall be computed in accordance with the provisions of the Income Tax Acts save that the computation shall be made in all cases by reference to the preceding year :

Provided that—

(a) in the case of such interest as is referred to in section 3 of the Finance Act, 1956 , the computation shall be made without regard to that section;

(b) where, in the case of a trade, an account has been made up to a date within the preceding year or more accounts than one have been made up to dates within that year, the computation shall be made by reference to the period or to all the periods, where there are more than one, for which accounts have been made up as aforesaid.

(3) If a person delivers to any inspector of taxes a return in a prescribed form, he shall be deemed to have been required by a notice under this section to prepare and deliver that return.

(4) The Third Schedule to the Finance Act, 1963 , is hereby amended by the insertion in the first column thereof of “Finance Act, 1965 Section 50”.

(5) In proceedings for recovery of a penalty by virtue of subsection (4) of this section—

(a) a certificate signed by an inspector of taxes which certifies that he has examined his relevant records and that it appears from them that a stated notice was duly given to the defendant on a stated day shall be evidence until the contrary is proved that that person received that notice in the ordinary course,

(b) a certificate signed by an inspector of taxes which certifies that he has examined his relevant records and that it appears from them that, during a stated period, a stated return was not received from the defendant shall be evidence until the contrary is proved that the defendant did not, during that period, deliver that return,

(c) a certificate certifying as provided for in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) of this subsection and purporting to be signed by an inspector of taxes may be tendered in evidence without proof and shall be deemed until the contrary is proved to have been signed by such inspector.

(6) In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by the Revenue Commissioners.