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(2) Subject to subsection (3), where a return or additional return, which includes an expression of doubt as to the correct application of law to, or the treatment for tax purposes of, any matter contained in the return or additional return, is delivered by an accountable person to the Commissioners in accordance with this section, then section 51(2) does not apply to any additional liability arising from a notification to that person by the Commissioners of the correct application of the law to, or the treatment for tax purposes of, the matter contained in the return or additional return the subject of the expression of doubt, on condition that such additional liability is accounted for and remitted to the Commissioners within 30 days of the date on which that notification is issued.

(4) Where the Commissioners do not accept an expression of doubt as genuine they shall notify the accountable person accordingly within the period of 30 days after the date that the expression of doubt is received by the Commissioners, and the accountable person shall account for any tax, which was not correctly accounted for in the return or additional return referred to in subsection (1) and section 51(2) applies accordingly.

(5) An accountable person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioners that that person’s expression of doubt is not genuine may , by giving notice in writing to the Commissioners within the period of 30 days after the notification of the said decision, require the matter to be referred to the Appeal Commissioners. appeal the decision to the Appeal Commissioners, in accordance with section 949I of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, within the period of 30 days after the date of the notice of that decision.