Finance Act 2009

[F1 Amount of penalty: returns for periods of between 2 and 6 months U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 55 paras. 13A-13J and cross-headings inserted (12.2.2019 for the purposes of soft drinks industry levy) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), s. 26(2), Sch. 10 para. 7 (as amended (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 22 para. 21(3); (12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 67(1)); 2019 c. 1, s. 67(2)

13A (1) Paragraphs 13B to 13E apply in the case of a return falling within any of items 7A to 7B, 13A and 14 to [F2 28][F2 29] in the Table which relates to a period of less than 6 months but more than 2 months. U.K.

(2) But those paragraphs do not apply in the case of a return mentioned in paragraph 2(1)(c).

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Sch. 55 para. 13A(1) substituted (in relation to the playing of machine games on or after 1.2.2013) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 24 paras. 32(b), 66(2)

13B (1) P is liable to a penalty under this paragraph of £100. U.K.

(2) In addition, a penalty period begins to run on the penalty date for the return.

(3) The penalty period ends with the day 12 months after the filing date for the return, unless it is extended under paragraph 13C(2)(c) or 13H(2)(c).

13C (1) This paragraph applies if— U.K.

(a) a penalty period has begun under paragraph 13B or 13G because P has failed to make a return (“return A”), and

(b) before the end of the period, P fails to make another return (“return B”) falling within the same item in the Table as return A.

(2) In such a case—

(a) paragraph 13B(1) and (2) do not apply to the failure to make return B, but

(b) P is liable to a penalty under this paragraph for that failure, and

(c) the penalty period that has begun is extended so that it ends with the day 12 months after the filing date for return B.

(3) The amount of the penalty under this paragraph is determined by reference to the number of returns that P has failed to make during the penalty period.

(4) If the failure to make return B is P's first failure to make a return during the penalty period, P is liable, at the time of the failure, to a penalty of £200.

(5) If the failure to make return B is P's second failure to make a return during the penalty period, P is liable, at the time of the failure, to a penalty of £300.

(6) If the failure to make return B is P's third or a subsequent failure to make a return during the penalty period, P is liable, at the time of the failure, to a penalty of £400.

(7) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a) in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(b), the references in sub-paragraphs (3) to (6) to a return are references to a return falling within the same item in the Table as returns A and B, and

(b) a failure to make a return counts for the purposes of those sub-paragraphs if (but only if) the return relates to a period of less than 6 months.

(8) A penalty period may be extended more than once under sub-paragraph (2)(c).

13D (1) P is liable to a penalty under this paragraph if (and only if) P's failure continues after the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the penalty date. U.K.

(2) The penalty under this paragraph is the greater of—

(a) 5% of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and

(b) £300.

13E (1) P is liable to a penalty under this paragraph if (and only if) P's failure continues after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the penalty date. U.K.

(2) Where, by failing to make the return, P deliberately withholds information which would enable or assist HMRC to assess P's liability to tax, the penalty under this paragraph is determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).

(3) If the withholding of the information is deliberate and concealed, the penalty is the greater of—

(a) 100% of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and

(b) £300.

(4) If the withholding of the information is deliberate but not concealed, the penalty is the greater of—

(a) 70% of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and

(b) £300.

(5) In any case not falling within sub-paragraph (2), the penalty under this paragraph is the greater of—

(a) 5% of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and

(b) £300.]