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Institute of Chartered Accountants - Annual General Meeting 2005 |
 | | The legal basis for this treatment is in reg 14(1) of the PAYE regulations (SI 2003/2682), which spells out what HMRC must have regard to in determining a code. |
 | | This current version of the PAYE regulations applies from 6 April 2004, and there is a significant change in the wording from the previous version, in that HMRC now âmustâ have regard to various matters in setting a code (reg 14(1)), compared to âmayâ in the previous version of the regulations (reg 7(1), SI 1993/744). |
 | | But for those with large amounts of other income or who are already in self assessment and likely to remain so, it causes administrative hassle (to have the other income taken out of the code) or a cash-flow disadvantage and possible double-counting (if the other income is left in the code). |
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