Finance Act 2000

Time limits on penalty assessmentsU.K.

108(1)Subject to sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), an assessment under paragraph 106 to a penalty shall not be made more than [F14 years] after the conduct to which the penalty relates.U.K.

[F2(2)An assessment of a person to a penalty in a case involving a loss of levy—

(a)brought about deliberately by the person (or by another person acting on that person's behalf), or

(b)attributable to a failure by the person to comply with an obligation under paragraph 53 or 55,

may be made at any time not more than 20 years after the conduct to which the penalty relates (subject to sub-paragraph (3)).

(2A)In sub-paragraph (2)(a) the reference to a loss brought about deliberately by the person includes a loss brought about as a result of a deliberate inaccuracy in a document given to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs by or on behalf of that person.]

(3)Where, after a person’s death, the Commissioners propose to assess an amount of a civil penalty due by reason of some conduct of the deceased—

(a)the assessment shall not be made more than [F34 years] after the death; F4...

F4(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1Words in Sch. 6 para. 108(1) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99(2), Sch. 51 para. 36(2); S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(1) (with art. 21)

F2Sch. 6 para. 108(2)(2A) substituted for Sch. 6 para. 108(2) (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99(2), Sch. 51 para. 36(3); S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(1) (with art. 22)

F3Words in Sch. 6 para. 108(3)(a) substituted (1.4.2010) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99(2), Sch. 51 para. 36(4)(a); S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(1) (with art. 23)

F4Sch. 6 para. 108(3)(b) and word omitted (1.4.2010) by virtue of Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99(2), Sch. 51 para. 36(4)(b); S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(1) (with art. 23)