Relief in respect of error or mistake
93A.—(1)  If any person alleges that for any year of assessment —
(a)an assessment is excessive; or
(b)any unabsorbed loss, allowance or donation that may be carried forward ought to be of a higher amount than that set out in an assessment,
by reason of some error or mistake —
(i)in the return or statement made by him for the purposes of the assessment; or
(ii)where he is exempted from liability to furnish a return under section 62(2), in the notice of assessment served on him,
he may, at any time not later than 6 years (if the year of assessment within which the assessment was made is 2007 or a preceding year of assessment) or 4 years (if the year of assessment within which the assessment is made is 2008 or a subsequent year of assessment) after the end of the year of assessment within which the assessment was made, make an application in writing to the Comptroller for relief.
[19/2013]
(2)  On receiving the application, the Comptroller shall inquire into the matter and shall, subject to this section, give, by way of repayment of tax or an amendment to the assessment, such relief in respect of the error or mistake as appears to him to be reasonable and just.
[19/2013]
(3)  No relief by way of repayment of tax shall be given under this section in respect of an error or a mistake as to the basis on which the liability of the applicant ought to have been computed when the return or statement was in fact made on the basis of or in accordance with the practice of the Comptroller generally prevailing at the time when the return or statement was made.
[19/2013]
(3A)  No amendment shall be made to the assessment under this section when the return or statement was in fact made on the basis of or in accordance with the practice of the Comptroller generally prevailing at the time when the return or statement was made.
[19/2013]
(4)  In determining any application under this section, the Comptroller shall have regard to all the relevant circumstances of the case, and in particular shall consider whether the granting of relief would result in the exclusion from charge to tax of income of the applicant, and for this purpose the Comptroller may take into consideration the liability of the applicant and assessments made upon him in respect of other years.
(5)  Section 79 shall apply in respect of an appeal against a determination of the Comptroller under this section except that no such appeal shall be entertained until the sum of $250 has been deposited with the secretary to the Board of Review.
[53/2007]
(6)  The sum referred to in subsection (5) shall be refunded in the event of the appeal being allowed.
(7)  The Board of Review may, if in its opinion the appeal was vexatious or frivolous, order that the whole or any part of the aforesaid sum shall be forfeited and awarded to the Comptroller as costs.