Paragraph 3 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)

F1For the purposes of a penalty under paragraph 1, inaccuracy in a document given by P to HMRC is—

(a)

“careless” if the inaccuracy is due to failure by P to take reasonable care,

(b)

“deliberate but not concealed” if the inaccuracy is deliberate F2on P's part but P does not make arrangements to conceal it, and

(c)

“deliberate and concealed” if the inaccuracy is deliberate on P's part and P makes arrangements to conceal it (for example, by submitting false evidence in support of an inaccurate figure).

(2)

An inaccuracy in a document given by P to HMRC, which was neither careless nor deliberate F3on P's part when the document was given, is to be treated as careless if P—

(a)

discovered the inaccuracy at some later time, and

(b)

did not take reasonable steps to inform HMRC.

F4(3)

Paragraph 47 of Schedule 19 to FA 2016 (special measures for persistently unco-operative large businesses) provides for certain inaccuracies to be treated, for the purposes of this Schedule, as being due to a failure by P to take reasonable care.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 24 para. 3(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122(2), Sch. 40 para. 5(2)(a); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2
F2: Words in Sch. 24 para. 3(1) inserted (1.4.2009) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122(2), Sch. 40 para. 5(2)(b); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2
F3: Words in Sch. 24 para. 3(2) inserted (1.4.2009) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), s. 122(2), Sch. 40 para. 5(3); S.I. 2009/571, art. 2
F4: Sch. 24 para. 3(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 161(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), Sch. 19 para. 48

Commencement

I1: Sch. 24 para. 3 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))