Today, OFSI issued General Licence INT/2024/4881897 authorising payments to be made to the UK Revenue Authorities by a UK Designated Person (DP), or on behalf of a DP (Notice here). Revenue Authorities means HMRC, the Welsh Revenue Authority and Revenue Scotland.
Authorised payments include any payments owed by or due from UK DPs to the Revenue Authorities, either at the point of, or after their designation, including tax, duty, national insurance contributions, penalties or interest.
When a third party (either an individual or an entity) makes a payment on behalf of a DP, it is allowed for the DP to repay that person the same amount as that payment and for the third party to receive that amount from a UK DP.
This General Licence does not permit payment by any person who is under UN sanctions.
The licence takes affect from today and has no expiration date; however, OFSI may vary, revoke or suspend this licence at any time.
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