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6(1)Where P is liable to a penalty in respect of more than one inaccuracy, and the calculation of potential lost revenue under paragraph 5 in respect of each inaccuracy depends on the order in which they are corrected—
(a)careless inaccuracies shall be taken to be corrected before deliberate inaccuracies, and
(b)deliberate but not concealed inaccuracies shall be taken to be corrected before deliberate and concealed inaccuracies.
(2)In calculating potential lost revenue where P is liable to a penalty in respect of one or more understatements in one or more documents relating to a tax period, account shall be taken of any overstatement in any document given by P which relates to the same tax period.
(3)In sub-paragraph (2)—
(a)“understatement” means an inaccuracy that satisfies Condition 1 of paragraph 1, and
(b)“overstatement” means an inaccuracy that does not satisfy that condition.
(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) overstatements shall be set against understatements in the following order—
(a)understatements in respect of which P is not liable to a penalty,
(b)careless understatements,
(c)deliberate but not concealed understatements, and
(d)deliberate and concealed understatements.
(5)In calculating potential lost revenue in respect of a document given by or on behalf of P no account shall be taken of the fact that a potential loss of revenue from P is or may be balanced by a potential over-payment by another person (except to the extent that an enactment requires or permits a person’s tax liability to be adjusted by reference to P's).
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