SCHEDULES
C2C3C1SCHEDULE 41Penalties: failure to notify and certain VAT and excise wrongdoing
Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3
Sch. 41 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 11(6) (with Sch. 16 para. 11(7))
C1
Sch. 41 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 13
Special reduction
I114
1
If HMRC think it right because of special circumstances, they may reduce a penalty under any of paragraphs 1 to 4.
2
In sub-paragraph (1) “special circumstances” does not include—
a
ability to pay, or
b
the fact that a potential loss of revenue from one taxpayer is balanced by a potential over-payment by another.
3
In sub-paragraph (1) the reference to reducing a penalty includes a reference to—
a
staying a penalty, and
b
agreeing a compromise in relation to proceedings for a penalty.
Sch. 41 modified (with effect in accordance with s. 42(2), Sch. 12 para. 29(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 12 paras. 33, 34