Finance Act, 1964

Assessment and collection of corporation profits tax.

28.—(1) Assessments to corporation profits tax shall, notwithstanding subsection (1) of section 56 of the Finance Act, 1920 , and subsection (1) of section 24 of the Finance Act, 1946 , be made by inspectors of taxes and the tax shall be collected by the Collector-General.

(2) Accordingly—

(a) after assessments to corporation profits tax have been made, the inspectors of taxes shall transmit particulars of the sums to be collected to the Collector-General and he shall collect and levy those sums,

(b) references to the Revenue Commissioners in subsection (3) of section 54 , subsection (1) of section 55 and subsection (6) of section 56 of the Finance Act, 1920 , shall be construed as references to an inspector of taxes,

(c) “or corporation profits tax” shall be inserted in paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 54 of the Finance Act, 1958 , after “income tax or sur-tax”,

(d) the reference to the Accountant General of Revenue in subsection (6) of section 14 of the Finance Act, 1962 , shall be construed as a reference to the Collector-General.

(3) The words “by the Commissioners” in subsection (2) of section 55 of the Finance Act, 1920 , and subsection (7) of section 54 of the Finance Act, 1958 , shall cease to have effect.