Paragraph 2 I1

United Kingdom

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 24 para. 4(2)(c) word substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 2(3)(c)
Sch. 24 para. 21A(2) substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 7(3)
Sch. 24 para. 21A(7) substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 7(4)
Sch. 24 para. 21A(A1) inserted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 7(2)
Sch. 24 para. 4(1A) inserted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 2(2)
Sch. 24 para. 4(2)(a) word substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 2(3)(a)
Sch. 24 para. 4(2)(b) word substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 2(3)(b)
Sch. 24 para. 4(5) word substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 2(4)
Sch. 24 para. 4A(7) words substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 3(8)
Sch. 24 para. 4A(A1)(1) substituted for Sch. 24 para. 4A(1) by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 3(2)
Sch. 24 para. 10(2) words inserted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 5
Sch. 24 para. 12(5)(a) word substituted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 6(b)
Sch. 24 para. 12(5)(za) inserted by Finance Act 2015 Sch. 20 para. 6(a)
Sch. 24 para. 28(fa)(iv)-(ivb) omitted by Finance Act 2024 Sch. 2 para. 11

(1)

A penalty is payable by a person (P) where—

(a)

an assessment issued to P by HMRC understates P's liability to F1a relevant tax, and

(b)

P has failed to take reasonable steps to notify HMRC, within the period of 30 days beginning with the date of the assessment, that it is an under-assessment.

(2)

In deciding what steps (if any) were reasonable HMRC must consider—

(a)

whether P knew, or should have known, about the under-assessment, and

(b)

what steps would have been reasonable to take to notify HMRC.

F2(3)

In sub-paragraph (1) “relevant tax” means any tax mentioned in the Table in paragraph 1.

F3(4)

In this paragraph (and in Part 2 of this Schedule so far as relating to this paragraph)—

(a)

“assessment” includes determination, and

(b)

accordingly, references to an under-assessment include an under-determination.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 24 para. 2(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122(2), Sch. 40 para. 4(2); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2
F2: Sch. 24 para. 2(3) substituted (1.4.2009) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122(2), Sch. 40 para. 4(3); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2
F3: Sch. 24 para. 2(4) inserted (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 57 para. 2

Commencement

I1: Sch. 24 para. 2 in force at 1.4.2008 for certain purposes, 1.7.2008 for certain purposes, 1.1.2009 for certain purposes, and 1.4.2009 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2008/568, art. 2 (with art. 3)

Notes on Schedule 24

Modifications

C1: Sch. 24 applied (N.I.) (1.4.2008) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000/121), regs. 7(2A)(b), 26(4) (as amended by S.R. 2008/129, regs. 1, 3(a), 4)
C2: Sch. 24 applied (6.4.2008) by The Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1004), reg. 81(1)(1A), Sch. 4 paras. 21A(8), 21D(9), 21F(12), 22(7), 31(8) (as amended by S.I. 2008/636, reg. 7; S.I. 2010/721, reg. 4; S.I. 2012/821, reg. 11)
C3: Sch. 24 applied (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 13(3)(b), 40(4), 59(8)(b) (with reg. 1(4)(6))
C4: Sch. 24 applied (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 9(3)(b), 35(4), 54(8)(b)
C5: Sch. 24 modified (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 37
C6: Sch. 24 applied (with modifications) (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 15
C7: Sch. 24 excluded (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 35 para. 13(a)
C8: Sch. 24 applied by 1993 c. 34, Sch. 20A para. 9A(6) (as inserted (19.12.2014) by The Lloyd's Underwriters (Conversion of Partnerships to Underwriting through Successor Companies) (Tax) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3133), regs. 1, 5(4))
C9: Sch. 24 applied (with modifications) by 1992 c. 4, s. 11A(1)(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 35 of the amending Act) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 3)
C10: Sch. 24 applied (with modifications) by 1992 c.7 (N.I.) s. 11A(1)(3) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 para. 35 of the amending Act) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2015 (c. 5), Sch. 1 para. 12)
C11: Sch. 24 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 85(4)
C12: Sch. 24 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 50(3)
C13: Sch. 24 applied (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Masters Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 24(3)
C14: Sch. 24 applied (with modifications) (1.5.2023) by The Value Added Tax (Margin Schemes and Removal or Export of Goods: VAT-related Payments) Order 2023 (S.I. 2023/68), arts. 1(1), 14 (with art. 1(2))
C15: Sch. 24 applied (14.9.2023) by The Public Service Pension Schemes (Rectification of Unlawful Discrimination) (Tax) (No. 2) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/912), regs. 1(2), 40(2) (with reg. 1(3))
C16: Sch. 24 applied (24.4.2025 for the tax year 2023-24 and subsequent tax years) by The Public Service Pension Schemes (Rectification of Unlawful Discrimination) (Tax) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/419), regs. 1(2)(3), 15(3)

Notes on Part 1

Modifications

C1: Sch. 24 Pt. 1 modified (10.6.2021 for specified purposes, 1.7.2021 for specified purposes) by 1994 c. 23, Sch. 9ZF para. 9 (as inserted by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 95(6)(a), Sch. 18 para. 6); S.I. 2021/770, regs. 3, 4 (with regs. 5-7) (as amended (1.4.2022) by The Value Added Tax (Enforcement Related to Distance Selling and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/226), regs. 1, 26(b))