SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 10Penalties: offshore income etc

Schedule 55 to FA 2009

I113

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).