Taxes Management Act 1970

[F2 69 Recovery of penalty F1 ... or interest U.K.

(1) This section applies to—

(a) penalties imposed under Part 2, 5A or 10 of this Act or Schedule 18 to the Finance Act 1998;

[F3 (aa) penalties imposed under Schedule 26 to the Finance Act 2021;]

[F4 (b) [F5 penalties imposed under any paragraph of Schedule 56 to the Finance Act 2009 in respect of an amount falling within any of the following items of the Table in paragraph 1 of that Schedule—

(i) item 1, 12, 18 or 19, or

(ii) insofar as the tax falls within item 1, item 17, 23 or 24;]]

(c) interest charged under any provision of this Act (or recoverable as if it were interest so charged)[F6 ; and

(d) interest charged under section 101 of the Finance Act 2009].

(2) An amount by way of penalty F7 ... or interest to which this section applies shall be treated for the purposes of the following provisions as if it were an amount of tax.

(3) Those provisions are—

(a) sections 61, 63 and 65 to 68 of this Act;

(b) section 35(2)(g)(i) of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (rules of court: restriction of set-off or counterclaim where proceedings, or set-off or counterclaim, relate to tax) and any rules of court imposing any such restriction;

(c) section 35(2)(b) of that Act as set out in section 50 of that Act (which imposes corresponding restrictions in Scotland).]

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in s. 69 heading omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Schedules 55 and 56 (Income Tax Self Assessment and Pension Schemes) (Appointed Days and Consequential and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/702), arts. 1(1), 6(c) (with arts. 20, 22)

F2 S. 69 substituted (11.5.2001) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 89(2) (with s. 89(2))

F3 S. 69(1)(aa) inserted (6.4.2024 for specified purposes) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 118(2), Sch. 27 para. 7(a); S.I. 2024/440, reg. 2

F4 S. 69(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2011) by The Finance Act 2009, Schedules 55 and 56 (Income Tax Self Assessment and Pension Schemes) (Appointed Days and Consequential and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/702), arts. 1(1), 6(a) (with arts. 20, 22)

F5 S. 69(1)(b) omitted (6.4.2024 for specified purposes) by virtue of Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 118(2), Sch. 27 para. 7(b); S.I. 2024/440, reg. 2

F6 S. 69(1)(d) and preceding word inserted (31.10.2011) by The Finance Act 2009, Sections 101 to 103 (Income Tax Self Assessment) (Appointed Days and Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/701), arts. 1(2), 7

F7 Word in s. 69(2) omitted (1.4.2011) by virtue of The Finance Act 2009, Schedules 55 and 56 (Income Tax Self Assessment and Pension Schemes) (Appointed Days and Consequential and Savings Provisions) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/702), arts. 1(1), 6(b) (with arts. 20, 22)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 6 applied (with modifications) (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), 79(4)

C2 Pt. 6 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), 47

C3 S. 69 applied (with modifications) by the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22), s. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1(1)

C4 S. 69 applied (with modifications) by Finance Act 1981 (c. 35), s.134, Sch.17 para.18 (special tax on banking deposits).

C5 S. 69 modified by Finance Act 1989 (c. 26), s. 157(5)

C6 S. 69 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Stamp Duty (Collection and Recovery of Penalties) Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/2537), regs. 1(1), 3(1), Sch. Pt. I

C7 S. 69 applied (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 69 (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C8 S. 69 applied (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 64

C9 S. 69 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), 86