
2025 No. 84
Income Tax
The Income Tax (Additional Information to be included in Returns) Regulations 2025
Made 27th January 2025
Laid before the House of Commons 28th January 2025
Coming into force 6th April 2025

The Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8(1I) and (1L), 8A(1G) and (1J) and 12AA(5F) and (5I) of the Taxes Management Act 1970 make the following Regulations.

In accordance with sections 8(1J), 8A(1H) and 12AA(5G) of the Taxes Management Act 1970, the Commissioners consider that the information specified by these Regulations is relevant for the purpose of the collection and management of income tax.
Citation, commencement and interpretation
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(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Income Tax (Additional Information to be included in Returns) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 6th April 2025.
(2) In these Regulations—
 “personal return” means a return in pursuance of a notice under section 8(1) of the Taxes Management Act 1970;
 “trustee’s return” means a return in pursuance of a notice under section 8A(1) of the Taxes Management Act 1970.
Additional information to be provided in relation to commencement and cessation of business activities
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(1) This regulation applies to a person required to make and deliver a personal return, a trustee’s return or a partnership return for a year of assessment (“the relevant year”) after the tax year 2024-25.
(2) If the return is required to contain information relating to a business activity carried on by the person which commenced or ceased during the relevant year, the person must include in the return the date on which the business activity commenced or ceased.
(3) In this regulation, “business activity” means a trade, profession or vocation which may give rise to profits chargeable to income tax under Chapter 2 of Part 2 of ITTOIA 2005.
Additional information to be provided in relation to directorships, close companies and dividend income
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(1) Regulations 4 and 5 apply to a person required to make and deliver a personal return for a year of assessment (“the relevant year”) after the tax year 2024-25.
(2) In regulations 4 and 5, “close company” has the meaning given in section 439 of CTA 2010.
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The person must include in the return the following additional information—
(a) whether the person was a director of a company during the relevant year;
(b) if so, whether any such company was a close company.
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(1) If the person was a director of a close company during the relevant year, the person must include in the return the following additional information—
(a) the name and registered number of the close company;
(b) the amount received by the person by way of dividend income from the close company during the relevant year (which may be zero);
(c) the percentage of the share capital of the close company held by the person (which may be zero); and if that percentage has changed during the relevant year, the figure to be included is the highest such percentage.
(2) In paragraph (1)(a), “registered number” has the meaning given in section 1066(1) of the Companies Act 2006.
(3) In paragraph (1)(b), “dividend income” has the meaning given in section 19(2) of ITA 2007.
Penny Ciniewicz
Carol Bristow
Two of the Commissioners for His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs
27th January 2025