SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 10Penalties: offshore income etc
Schedule 55 to FA 2009
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1
Paragraph 15 (reductions for disclosure) is amended as follows.
2
For sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) substitute—
1
If a person who would otherwise be liable to a penalty of a percentage shown in column 1 of the Table (a “standard percentage”) has made a disclosure, HMRC must reduce the standard percentage to one that reflects the quality of the disclosure.
2
But the standard percentage may not be reduced to a percentage that is below the minimum shown for it—
a
in the case of a prompted disclosure, in column 2 of the Table, and
b
in the case of an unprompted disclosure, in column 3 of the Table.
Standard %
Minimum % for prompted disclosure
Minimum % for unprompted disclosure
70%
35%
20%
105%
52.5%
30%
140%
70%
40%
100%
50%
30%
150%
75%
45%
200%
100%
60%
3
Omit sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).