Collection of Taxes (Confirmation) Act, 1951
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —In this Act the expression “the Act of 1927” means the Provisional Collection of Taxes Act, 1927 (No. 7 of 1927).
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paragraphs: —This Act applies to the three Financial Resolutions which—
(a) were passed by DÃ¡il Ãireann in Committee on Finance on the 2nd day of May, 1951, and
(b) were given statutory effect under the Act of 1927.
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paragraphs: —(1) A Financial Resolution to which this Act applies shall, notwithstanding anything contained in the Act of 1927, have and be deemed always to have had statutory effect as if contained in an Act of the Oireachtas, and shall continue to have such statutory effect until the cesser provided for by subsection (2) of this section.
(2) A Financial Resolution to which this Act applies shall cease to have statutory effect upon the happening of whichever of the following events first occurs, that is to say:—
(a) the coming into operation of an Act of the Oireachtas containing provisions to the same effect (with or without modification) as the Financial Resolution,
(b) the expiration of four months from the passing of this Act.
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paragraphs: —(1) Subsection (1) of section 5 of the Act of 1927 shall not apply or have effect, and shall be deemed never to have applied or had effect, in relation to a Financial Resolution to which this Act applies.
(2) Section 6 of the Act of 1927 shall not apply or have effect, and shall be deemed never to have applied or had effect, in relation to the income tax for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1951.
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paragraphs: —(1) A deduction made before the passing of this Act in respect of the income tax for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1951, which would have been a lawful deduction if No. 1 of the Financial Resolutions to which this Act applies had been in force and had had statutory effect when the deduction was made, shall be and be deemed always to have been a lawful deduction.
(2) An assessment made before the passing of this Act to income tax for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1951, which would have been a lawful and valid assessment if No. 1 of the Financial Resolutions to which this Act applies had been in force and had had statutory effect when the assessment was made, shall be and be deemed always to have been a lawful and valid assessment.
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paragraphs: —(1) Section 211 (which relates to charge and deduction of tax in any year not charged or deducted before the passing of the annual Act) of the Income Tax Act, 1918, shall, in relation to the income tax for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1951, have effect subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—
(a) the words “half-yearly or quarterly” contained in subsection (1) of the said section shall be omitted;
(b) the words “or the person by or through whom the payments were made, as the case may be” shall be inserted in the said subsection (1) after the words “the agents entrusted with the payment of the interest, dividends, or other annual profits or gains”;
(c) subsection (2) of the said section shall apply with respect to—
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paragraphs: —The Emergency Imposition of Duties (No. 262) Order, 1951 ( S.I. No. 125 of 1951 ), shall cease to have effect.
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paragraphs: —This Act may be cited as the Collection of Taxes (Confirmation) Act, 1951.