Finance (No. 2) Act 2017

PART 1 U.K. Liability to penalty

1 U.K. Where—

(a) a person (“T”) has entered into abusive tax arrangements, and

(b) T incurs a defeat in respect of the arrangements,

a penalty is payable by each person who enabled the arrangements.

2 (1) Parts 2 to 4 of this Schedule define— U.K.

• “abusive tax arrangements”;

• a “defeat in respect of the arrangements”;

• a “person who enabled the arrangements”.

(2) The other Parts of this Schedule make provision supplementing paragraph 1 as follows—

(a) Part 5 makes provision about the amount of a penalty;

(b) Parts 6 to 8 provide for the assessment of penalties, referrals to the GAAR Advisory Panel and appeals against assessments;

(c) Part 9 applies information and inspection powers, and makes provision about declarations relating to legally privileged communications;

(d) Part 10 confers power to publish details of persons who have incurred penalties;

(e) Parts 11 and 12 contain miscellaneous and general provisions.