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)

[F1103Time limits for penalties.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, where the amount of a penalty is to be ascertained by reference to tax payable by a person for any period, the penalty may be determined by an officer of the Board, or proceedings for the penalty may be commenced before the [F2tribunal] or a Court—

(a)at any time within six years after the date on which the penalty was incurred, or

(b)at any later time within three years after the final determination of the amount of tax by reference to which the amount of the penalty is to be ascertained.

F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

F4(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(4)A penalty to which [F5subsection (1) does not apply] may be so determined, or proceedings for such a penalty may be commenced before the [F6tribunal] or a court, at any time within six years after the date on which the penalty was incurred or began to be incurred.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 103 substituted by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 169.

F3S. 103(2) repealed (1.4.2008 for specified purposes, 1.7.2008 for specified purposes, 1.1.2009 for specified purposes, 1.4.2009 so far as not already in force) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 97(2), Sch. 24 para. 29(b), Sch. 27 Pt. 5(5); S.I. 2008/568, art. 2(a)(b)(c)(d)(e)(f) (with art. 3)

F4S. 103(3) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 223, Sch. 38 para. 48(a) (with Sch. 38 para. 43); S.I. 2013/279, art. 2

F5Words in s. 103(4) substituted (1.4.2013) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), s. 223, Sch. 38 para. 48(b) (with Sch. 38 para. 43); S.I. 2013/279, art. 2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C9 S. 103(1)(4) applied (with modifications) by the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22), s. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(1)

C10Ss. 102-104 power to apply conferred (E.W.S.) (1.7.1992) by Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), ss. 1(4), 177(4), Sch. 1 para. 7(2)(b)(9)-(12)

C12S. 103 applied (with modifications) (31.7.1997) by Finance (No. 2) Act 1997 (c. 58), Sch. 2 para. 17(4)-(6)

C13Ss. 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)

C18Ss. 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)))

C19S. 103(3)(4) 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)

C22S. 103(4) applied (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Investment Trusts (Dividends) (Optional Treatment as Interest Distributions) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2034), regs. 1(1), 22(4)

C23S. 103(4) applied by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/964), reg. 85I (as inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2010/294, regs. 1(1), 21)

C24S. 103(4) applied by The Authorised Investment Funds (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/964), reg. 85H (as inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 2010/294, regs. 1(1), 21)

C25S. 103(4) applied (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Co-ownership Authorised Contractual Schemes (Tax) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1209), regs. 1(1), 9(2)