SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 34Information powers: miscellaneous amendments

5Increased daily default penalty

1

Paragraph 49A (increased daily penalty) is amended as follows.

2

In sub-paragraph (1)(c), for “imposed” substitute “assessable”.

3

In sub-paragraph (2), for “imposed” substitute “assessable”.

4

For sub-paragraphs (3) and (4) substitute—

3

If the tribunal decides that an increased daily penalty should be assessable—

a

the tribunal must determine the day from which the increased daily penalty is to apply and the maximum amount of that penalty (“the new maximum amount”), and

b

from that day, paragraph 40(2) has effect in the person’s case as if the new maximum amount were substituted for the amount for the time being specified there.

4

The new maximum amount may not be more than £1,000.

5

In sub-paragraph (5), in the opening words, for “the amount” substitute “the new maximum amount”.

6

In sub-paragraph (6), at the end insert “but as if the reference in paragraph 41(2)(a) to this Act were to FA 2021”.