SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 9Plastic packaging tax: secondary liability and assessment notices and joint and several liability notices

PART 2Joint and several liability notices

Assessments of liability

I2I116

1

Where P is liable to pay an amount of plastic packaging tax, the Commissioners may assess that R is liable to pay an amount equal to or less than the amount due from P.

2

Where such an assessment is made, the Commissioners must notify R of—

a

the amount due from P;

b

the amount assessed as due from R;

c

how the Commissioners assessed the amount due from R;

d

the date by which payment must be made;

e

how payment must be made;

f

how late payment interest will accrue if R does not make the payment by the date on which it is due and payable.

3

The amount assessed as due from R must be an amount which the Commissioners consider just and reasonable, having regard in particular to—

a

their reasons for considering that paragraph 10(2) or (3) applies to R, and

b

the requirement mentioned in paragraph 13(3) (requirement to treat R as knowingly involved in P's failure to pay tax).

4

The Commissioners must publish guidance on the matters which they will take into account when determining whether an amount is just and reasonable.

5

The date by which payment must be made may not be before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the day on which R is notified in accordance with sub-paragraph (2).

6

An amount may be assessed and notified to R even if R has made a notification under paragraph 13(1) (and the Commissioners must repay any amount that is subsequently found to have been overpaid).