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6 1967

INCOME TAX ACT, 1967

Chapter III

Special Provisions as to Bodies of Persons, Incapacitated Persons, Trustees and Agents, Personal Representatives and Receivers

Bodies of persons.

207. —(1) Every body of persons shall be chargeable to tax in like manner as any person is chargeable under the provisions of this Act.

(2) The treasurer or other officer acting as such, auditor or receiver for the time being of any body of persons chargeable to tax, shall be answerable for doing all such acts as are required to be done under this Act, for the purpose of the assessment of such body and for payment of the tax, and for the purpose of the assessment of the officers and persons in the employment of such body:

Provided that, in the case of a company, the person so answerable shall be the secretary of the company or other officer (by whatever name called) performing the duties of secretary.

(3) Every such officer may from time to time retain out of any money coming into his hands, on behalf of the body, so much thereof as is sufficient to pay the tax charged upon the body, and shall be indemnified for all such payments made in pursuance of this Act.

Trustees, guardians and committees.

208. —The trustee, guardian or committee of any incapacitated person having the direction, control, or management of the property or concern of any such person, whether such person resides in the State or not, shall be assessable and chargeable to tax in like manner and to the like amount as that person would be assessed and charged if he were not an incapacitated person.

Liability of trustees, etc.

209. —(1) The person who is chargeable in respect of an incapacitated person, or in whose name a non-resident person is chargeable, shall be answerable for all matters required to be done under this Act for the purpose of assessment and payment of tax.

(2) Any person who has been charged under this Act in respect of any incapacitated or non-resident person may retain, out of money coming into his hands on behalf of any such person, so much thereof from time to time as is sufficient to pay the tax charged, and shall be indemnified for all such payments made in pursuance of this Act.

Liability of parents, guardians and personal representatives.

210. —(1) If a person chargeable to tax is an infant, or dies—

(a) the parent or guardian of the infant shall be liable for the tax in default of payment by the infant; and

(b) the executor or administrator of the person deceased shall be liable for the tax charged on such deceased person,

and on neglect or refusal of payment any such person so liable as aforesaid may be proceeded against in like manner as any other defaulter.

(2) A parent or guardian who makes such payment shall be allowed all sums so paid in his accounts, and an executor or administrator may deduct all such payments out of the assets and effects of the person deceased.

(3) If the owner of any property occupied by him at the time an assessment for any year under Schedule A was made, dies before payment of the tax, the heirs, executors, administrators, or assigns, or other persons who become entitled on his death, to the rents and profits thereof, shall be liable to pay all arrears of tax due at the time of the death, or, if no arrears are due, the tax payable for the period up to the time of the death, without any new assessment.

Assessment of personal representatives.

211. —(1) Where a person dies, an assessment or an additional first assessment (as the case may be), may be made for the year of assessment in which such person dies or for any previous year in respect of the profits or gains which arose or accrued to such person before his death, and the amount of the tax on such profits or gains shall be a debt due from and payable out of the estate of such person, and the executor or administrator of such person shall be assessable and chargeable in respect of such tax.

(2) No assessment under this section shall be made later than three years after the expiration of the year of assessment in which the deceased person died in a case in which the grant of probate or letters of administration was made in that year, and no such assessment shall be made later than two years after the expiration of the year of assessment in which such grant was made in any other case, but the foregoing provisions of this paragraph shall have effect subject to the proviso that where the executor or administrator lodges a corrective affidavit for the purpose of assessment of estate duty after the year of assessment in which the deceased person died, such assessment may be made at any time before the expiration of two years after the end of the year of assessment in which the corrective affidavit was lodged.

(3) The executor or administrator of any such deceased person shall, when required by a particular notice so to do, prepare and deliver to the inspector a statement in writing signed by such executor or administrator and containing particulars, to the best of his judgment and belief, of the profits or gains which arose or accrued to such deceased person before his death and in respect of which such executor or administrator is assessable under this section, and the provisions of this Act relating to statements to be delivered by any person shall apply, with any necessary modifications, to statements to be delivered under this section.

(4) Nothing in this section shall apply to or affect statements to be delivered or assessments to be made in respect of a trade or profession carried on by two or more persons jointly.

Receivers appointed by the court.

212. —(1) A receiver appointed by any court in the State which has the direction and control of any property in respect of which tax is charged in accordance with the provisions of this Act shall be assessable and chargeable with tax in like manner and to the like amount as would be assessed and charged if the property were not under the direction and control of the court.

(2) Every such receiver shall be answerable for doing all matters and things required to be done under this Act for the purpose of assessment and payment of tax.

Protection for trustees, agents and receivers.

213. —(1) A trustee who has authorised the receipt of profits arising from trust property by, or by the agent of, the person entitled thereto shall not, if—

(a) that person or agent actually received the profits under that authority, and

(b) the trustee returns a list, as required by section 176, of the name, address and profits of that person,

be required to do any other act for the purpose of the assessment of that person, unless the Revenue Commissioners require the testimony of the trustee pursuant to this Act.

(2) An agent or receiver of any person resident in the State, other than an incapacitated person, shall not, if he returns a list, as required by section 176, of the name, address and profits of that person, be required to do any other act for the purpose of the assessment of that person, unless the Revenue Commissioners require the testimony of the agent or receiver pursuant to this Act.