INTM489918 - Diverted Profits Tax: notification, charging and payment: what should be included in the charging notice

The charging notice must include the following:

  • the amount of the charge to DPT imposed by the notice
  • the basis on which the officer considers that either section 80, section 81 or section 86 applies
  • the accounting period of the company to which the notice applies
  • an explanation of the basis on which the charge is calculated, including:
  • how the taxable diverted profits to which the charge relates have been determined, and
  • how the amount of interest (“true up” interest see DPT2410) comprised in the charge has been calculated
  • where relevant, details of the relevant alternative provision by reference to which the charge has been determined
  • who is liable to pay the tax
  • when the tax is due and payable, and
  • an explanation of how interest is applied and calculated if the DPT is not paid.

INTM489580 contains guidance on how profits are estimated and a charge is calculated in a charging notice.