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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 24Penalties for errors

Part 2Amount of penalty

Reductions for disclosure

9(1)A person discloses an inaccuracy or a failure to disclose an under-assessment by—

(a)telling HMRC about it,

(b)giving HMRC reasonable help in quantifying the inaccuracy or under-assessment, and

(c)allowing HMRC access to records for the purpose of ensuring that the inaccuracy or under-assessment is fully corrected.

(2)Disclosure—

(a)is “unprompted” if made at a time when the person making it has no reason to believe that HMRC have discovered or are about to discover the inaccuracy or under-assessment, and

(b)otherwise, is “prompted”.

(3)In relation to disclosure “quality” includes timing, nature and extent.