COM71080 - Enquiries: CTSA enquiries: transferring an enquiry to SCI

When you transfer the responsibility for an ongoing enquiry to Special Civil Investigations (SCI), you must not make an entry in the 鈥榚nquiry ended date鈥� field in function MAPS (Maintain AP Signals).

If you do so, it releases the repayment and reallocation inhibitions that are created by setting the 鈥榚nquiry in progress鈥� signal to 鈥橸鈥� and frees COTAX to make automatic reallocations and repayments before the enquiry has ended. It also causes further problems if SCI need to make a jeopardy amendment or close the enquiry with COTAX.

When you transfer the case, leave the MAPS 鈥榚nquiry ended date鈥� field blank. This preserves the COTAX record as an open enquiry until SCI formally close it.

See:

  • COM71021 for a list of forms relevant to this subject
  • COM71011 for a list of functions to use in particular situations
  • COM71012 for legislation applying to this subject.