PART X U.K. PENALTIES, ETC.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2Part X (ss 93-107) applied (27.7.1993 with effect in relation to the year 1993-94 and subsequent years of assessment) by 1993 c. 34, s. 122(2)(3)

C3Pt. 10 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 117(4)(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), s. 117(1)(b), Sch. 18; S.I. 1998/3173, art. 2

C6Pt. 10 modified (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 35 para. 10

C7Pt. 10 applied (with modifications) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7), s. 11A(1)(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 35 of the amending Act) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 12)

C8Pt. 10 applied (with modifications) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), s. 11A(1)(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 35 of the amending Act) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 3)

[F1100C Penalty proceedings before [F2First-tier Tribunal] .U.K.

(1)An officer of the Board authorised by the Board for the purposes of this section may commence proceedings before the [F3First-tier Tribunal] for any penalty to which subsection (1) of section 100 above does not apply by virtue of subsection (2) of that section.

F4(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5(2)The person liable to the penalty shall be a party to the proceedings.]

(3)Any penalty determined by the [F6First-tier Tribunal] in proceedings under this section shall for all purposes be treated as if it were tax charged in an assessment and due and payable.

[F7(4)In addition to any right of appeal on a point of law under section 11(2) of the TCEA 2007, the person liable to the penalty may appeal to the Upper Tribunal against the determination of a penalty in proceedings under subsection (1), but not against any decision which falls under section 11(5)(d) and (e) of the TCEA 2007 and was made in connection with the determination of the amount of the penalty.

(4A)Section 11(3) and (4) of the TCEA 2007 applies to the right of appeal under subsection (4) as it applies to the right of appeal under section 11(2) of the TCEA 2007.]

(5)On any such appeal the [F8Upper Tribunal] may—

(a)if it appears that no penalty has been incurred, set the determination aside,

(b)if the amount determined appears to be appropriate, confirm the determination,

(c)if the amount determined appears to be excessive, reduce it to such other amount (including nil) as the [F8Upper Tribunal] considers appropriate, or

(d)if the amount determined appears to be insufficient, increase it to such amount not exceeding the permitted maximum as the [F8Upper Tribunal] considers appropriate.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 100-100D substituted for s. 100 by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 167

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 S. 100C applied (with modifications) by the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22), s. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(1)

C11S. 100C applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), Sch. 2 para. 17(4)-(6)

C14Ss. 100-102 applied (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 35(2)

C15Ss. 100-103 excluded by Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1), s. 421JE (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 234 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 228, 232)

C20Ss. 100C, 100D applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 24(5)

C21Ss. 100-103 applied (temp. until 30.4.2024) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 22(9) (with Sch. 10 para. 43 (as amended by S.I. 2022/1321, regs. 1, 2(2)))