Paragraph 23 C1

United Kingdom

(1)

A company which fails to comply with paragraph 21 in relation to an accounting period is liable to a penalty not exceeding £3,000, subject to the following exceptions.

(2)

No penalty is incurred if the records which the company fails to keep or preserve are records which might have been needed only for the purposes of claims, elections or notices not included in the return.

(3)

No penalty is incurred if—

(a)

the records which the company fails to keep or preserve are statements in writing such as are mentioned in—

(i)

F1section 1100(1) of the Corporation Tax Act 2010 (amount F2of distribution, but formerly amount of qualifying distribution and tax credit), or

F3(ii)

section 495(1) or 975(2) or (4) of the Income Tax Act 2007 (statements about deduction of income tax),

provided by the company or person there mentioned whether after the making of a request or otherwise, and

(b)

F4an officer of Revenue and Customs F5is satisfied that any facts which he reasonably requires to be proved, and which would have been proved by the records, are proved by other documentary evidence furnished to him.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 18 para. 23(3)(a)(i) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 297(7) (with Sch. 2)
F2: Words in Sch. 18 para. 23(3)(a)(i) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 73 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 1 para. 58(3)(b)
F3: Sch. 18 para. 23(3)(a)(ii) substituted (6.4.2007) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), s. 1034(1), Sch. 1 para. 385(4) (with Sch. 2)
F4: Words in Sch. 18 substituted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 68(a); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)
F5: Words in Sch. 18 substituted (18.4.2005) by virtue of Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 68(c); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)

Modifications

C1: Sch. 18 para. 23 excluded (with effect in accordance with s. 33(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 33(3)(b)

Notes on Schedule 18

Modifications

C1: Sch. 18 restricted (31.7.1998) by 1988 c. 1, s. 754B(10) (as inserted (31.7.1998 with effect as mentioned in Sch. 17 para. 37 of 1998 c. 36) by 1998 c. 36, s. 113, Sch. 17 para. 11)
C2: Sch. 18 modified (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 68(c); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)
C3: Sch. 18 applied (20.7.2005) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2005 (c. 22), s. 61
C4: Sch. 18 applied (with modifications) (6.4.2006) by The Registered Pension Schemes (Accounting and Assessment) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/3454), regs. 1, 13
C5: Sch. 18 excluded (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 210(6)(b)
C6: Sch. 18: power to amend conferred (12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 87(5)(a)(6)
C7: Sch. 18 applied (with modifications) (22.7.2020) by Finance Act 2020 (c. 14), Sch. 16 para. 11(4) (with Sch. 16 para. 11(5))
C8: Sch. 18 applied (with modifications) (11.7.2023) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), s. 303(7)(8) (with s. 303(6))