UK Statutory Instrument 1998 United Kingdom

The Individual Savings Account Regulations 1998

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29 compliance obligations

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sch. para. 13

sch. para. 13

  • Submit Lifetime ISA returns to HMRC within 14 days of claim period end
sch. para. 14

sch. para. 14

  • Pay ISA amounts due to HMRC within 28 days after each claim period
sch. para. 17

sch. para. 17

  • Provide itemised statement on request for payments with withdrawal charges
sch. para. 2

sch. para. 2

  • Claim Lifetime ISA government bonus within 14 days and correct errors
sch. para. 3

sch. para. 3

  • Account manager must notify investor of rejected bonus within 14 days
sch. para. 6

sch. para. 6

  • Transfer ISA withdrawal to conveyancer within prescribed period
s.004

General conditions for accounts and subscriptions to accounts

  • Notify account investor if ISA tax exemption will be lost
s.004

Repair of certain incompatible account and excess subscriptions - accounts other than junior ISA accounts

  • Account managers must comply with HMRC repair directions within 30 days
s.004

Subscriptions to a junior ISA account

  • Keep annual junior ISA subscriptions per child under £9,000
s.005

Treatment of ISA where funds transferred under regulation 13B(2)(b) of the Child Trust Funds Regulations (maturity of child trust fund - no instructions)

  • Report matured Child Trust Fund ISA accounts annually to HMRC
s.006

General investment rules

  • Account managers must follow strict pricing, funding, and record-keeping rules for ISA investments
s.009

Insurance policies

  • Offer insurance policies that meet ISA qualifying conditions
s.012

Conditions for application to open an account that is not a junior ISA account or a Lifetime ISA

  • Check ISA applicant eligibility and reject ineligible or untruthful applications
s.012

Conditions for application to open an account that is a junior ISA account

  • Manage junior ISA applications correctly and reject false applications
s.012

Conditions for application to open an account that is a Lifetime ISA

  • Verify Lifetime ISA applications and reject ineligible applicants
s.014

Account manager—qualifications and Board’s approval

  • Obtain HMRC approval as an ISA account manager and meet qualifying conditions
s.017

Account manager—withdrawal by Board of approval

  • Notify ISA investors of their rights if approval is withdrawn
s.017

Account manager – withdrawal by Board of approval of junior ISA manager

  • Notify investors and stop accepting new subscriptions upon withdrawal notice
s.019

Account manager’s intention to make a bulk transfer of accounts or to cease to act as an account manager

  • Notify HMRC and ISA investors of intention to cease as manager or make bulk transfer
s.020

Account manager ceasing to qualify

  • Notify HMRC and investors if you cease to qualify as an ISA manager
s.021

Transfers relating accounts other than junior ISA accounts

  • Provide ISA transfer notice to the new account manager with required information
s.021

Further requirements relating to transfers between cash accounts

  • Transfer cash ISA subscriptions and send account information within set time limits
s.021

Transfers relating to junior ISA accounts

  • Provide transfer information notice to new account manager
s.026

Repayments in respect of tax to account manager—annual returns and annual claims

  • Submit annual ISA returns and claims within 6 months of year end
s.029

Records to be kept by account manager

  • Keep sufficient records for each ISA account
s.030

Information to be given to account investor by account manager in relation to an account that is not a junior ISA account

  • Provide written tax deduction statements on request
s.031

Returns of information by account manager

  • Submit annual ISA returns to HMRC with account details
s.035

Administration of tax in relation to accounts—supplementary

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • HMRC must include a truth declaration in ISA forms Crown / Minister / Government department
s.036

Application of the provisions of Chapter II of Part XIII of the Taxes Act and of Chapter 9 of Part 4 of ITTOIA 2005 to policies where an investor ceases to be or was not entitled to relief from tax

  • Account manager must pay tax when ISA life policy is terminated
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sch. para. 10

sch. para. 10

sch. para. 12

sch. para. 12

sch. para. 4

sch. para. 4

sch. para. 8

sch. para. 8

sch. para. 9

sch. para. 9

s.001

Citation and commencement

s.002

Interpretation

s.002

Meaning of account investor

s.002

Meaning of junior ISA account

s.002

Meaning of “registered contact” etc.

s.002

Regulations that do not apply to junior ISA accounts

s.002

Contracts entered into by or on behalf of a child who is 16 or over

s.002

Special provision in respect of Looked After Children

s.002

Continuing account of a deceased investor and administration-period investments

s.003

Introductory

s.004

Application of the repair provisions to Lifetime ISAs

s.004

Closure of cash account that is not a junior ISA account prior to the opening of the same type of account to be disregarded once

s.004

Removal of insurance components at 6th April 2005

s.004

Removal of maxi-accounts, mini-accounts and TESSA only accounts at 6th April 2008

s.004

Subscriptions to an account other than a junior ISA account

s.004

Inalienability of a junior ISA account

s.004

Permitted withdrawals from a junior ISA account

s.004

Permitted withdrawals from a junior ISA account where the named child is terminally ill

s.005

Transfers from matured tax-exempt special savings accounts

s.005

Treatment of sums held in accounts managed by Icesave Bank

s.005

Treatment of certain sums held in accounts managed by Keydata Investment Services Limited

s.005

Treatment of certain sums held in dormant accounts

s.005

Subscriptions disregarded for the purposes of the subscription limits in regulations 4ZA(1) and 4ZB

s.005

Defaulted cash account subscription

s.005

Defaulted Lifetime ISA subscription

s.005

Defaulted investment subscription

s.005

Default event in respect of cash account

s.005

Defaulted investment payment

s.005

Additional permitted subscription to an account other than a junior ISA account

s.005

Flexible account

s.005

Additional permitted subscription of cash to an account other than a junior ISA on closure of Help to Buy ISA

s.005

Additional permitted subscription to a junior ISA account

s.005

Information required by regulation 5D

s.005

Declarations required by regulation 5D

s.005

Notices required by regulation 5D

s.005

(1) Where the deceased’s account manager receives a request from...

s.005

—Regulation 12(7) to (11), (12) and (13) applies in relation...

s.005

Single regulation 5D subscription

s.005

Default event or default investment payment occurring in the period beginning on 6th April 2011 and ending on 7th August 2012

s.005

Special provision in respect of Lehman Brothers investments and Keydata investments

s.005

Special application of regulations 5DB, 5DD, 5DF and 5DH in respect of a Lehman Brothers investment

s.005

Deemed defaulted investment payment in respect of a Lehman Brothers investment

s.005

Specified amount for the purposes of a defaulted investment subscription in respect of a Lehman Brothers investment

s.005

Special application of regulations 5DJ to 5DL in respect of a Keydata investment

s.005

Treatment of ISA where funds transferred under regulation 13A of the Child Trust Funds Regulations (maturity of child trust fund - instructions)

s.005

Subscriptions made by account investors issued with certificates by Royal Bank of Scotland Group disregarded for the purposes of regulations 4ZA and 31(3)(c)(ii)

s.005

Notwithstanding paragraph 5, the specified percentage in respect of the...

s.007

Qualifying investments for a stocks and shares component

s.008

Qualifying investments for a cash component

s.008

Qualifying investments for an innovative finance component

s.008

Qualifying investments for a Lifetime ISA component

s.010

Qualifying individuals who may invest under an account that is not a junior ISA account nor a Lifetime ISA

s.010

Lifetime ISA qualifying individuals who may invest under a Lifetime ISA

s.011

Account investor ceasing to qualify

s.013

Application by curator bonis

s.015

Special requirements relating to insurer-managers

s.016

Account manager—appointment of tax representative

s.018

Account manager—appeal against withdrawal of Board’s approval

s.021

Repair of invalid junior ISA accounts

s.022

Exemption from tax of account income and gains

s.023

Interest on cash deposits held under a stocks and shares component of an account that is not a junior ISA account

s.024

Tax liabilities and reliefs—account manager to act on behalf of account investor

s.025

Repayments in respect of tax to account manager—interim claims

s.027

Account manager’s returns and claims—supplementary provisions

s.028

Assessments for withdrawing relief and recovering tax

s.032

Information to be provided to the Board

s.033

Inspection of records by officer of the Board

s.034

Capital gains tax—adaptation of enactments

s.034

Capital gains tax–administration-period investment

s.037

The Schedule makes further provision for Lifetime ISA.

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