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Paragraph 45 I1C1C2C3C4C5C6C7

United Kingdom

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

(1)

Liability to a penalty under paragraph 39 or 40 does not arise if the person satisfies HMRC or F1(on an appeal notified to the tribunal) the tribunal that there is a reasonable excuse for the failure or the obstruction of an officer of Revenue and Customs.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)

an insufficiency of funds is not a reasonable excuse unless attributable to events outside the person's control,

(b)

where the person relies on any other person to do anything, that is not a reasonable excuse unless the first person took reasonable care to avoid the failure or obstruction, and

(c)

where the person had a reasonable excuse for the failure or obstruction but the excuse has ceased, the person is to be treated as having continued to have the excuse if the failure is remedied, or the obstruction stops, without unreasonable delay after the excuse ceased.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 36 para. 45(1) substituted (1.4.2009) by The Transfer of Tribunal Functions and Revenue and Customs Appeals Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/56), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 471(12)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 36 paras. 44-49 applied (with modifications) (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 49 para. 5(3) (with Sch. 49 para. 1)

C2

Sch. 36 paras. 44-49 applied (20.3.2014) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 5(1) of the amending Act) by 2004 c. 12, s. 153C(3) (as inserted by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 7 paras. 3, 5(1))

C3

Sch. 36 paras. 44-49 applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 8(1) of the amending Act) by 2004 c. 12, s. 159C(3) (as inserted by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 7 paras. 7, 8(3))

C4

Sch. 36 paras. 44-49 applied (with modifications) (17.1.2017) by Savings (Government Contributions) Act 2017 (c. 2), s. 6(2)(3), Sch. 1 para. 16(5)

C5

Sch. 36 para. 45 applied (17.1.2017) by Savings (Government Contributions) Act 2017 (c. 2), s. 6(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 12(2)

C6

Sch. 36 paras. 44-49 applied (17.1.2017) by Savings (Government Contributions) Act 2017 (c. 2), s. 6(2)(3), Sch. 2 para. 22(5)

C7

Sch. 36 paras. 45-49 applied (with modifications) (19.3.2019) by The Delivery of Tax Information through Software (Ancillary Metadata) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/360), regs. 1(1), 4(3)-(6)

Commencement

I1

Sch. 36 para. 45 in force at 1.4.2009 by S.I. 2009/404, art. 2

Notes on Schedule 36

Modifications

C1

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 60(1)(2) (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C2

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 28(2)(3)

C3

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 56

C4

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 33(2)(3) (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C5

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (N.I.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/128), regs. 1(1), 55(1)(2)

C6

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (E.W.) (6.4.2009) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/470), regs. 1(1), 61 (with reg. 1(4)(6))

C7

Sch. 36 modified (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 36(1)

C8

Sch. 36 modified (22.3.2011) by National Insurance Contributions Act 2011 (c. 3), ss. 9(5), 13(2)

C9

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 5

C10

Sch. 36 applied (19.4.2013) by The Small Charitable Donations Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/938), regs. 1, 5(1)

C11

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 78(1)(2)

C12

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 77(1)(2)

C13

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with application in accordance with reg. 1 of the amending S.I.) by The Education (Postgraduate Master's Degree Loans) Regulations 2016 (S.I. 2016/606), regs. 1(1), 43(2)(3)

C14

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (1.1.2017) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 162(2), Sch. 20 paras. 18-21; S.I. 2016/1249, reg. 2

C15

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with s. 121(6) of the amending Act) by 2014 c. 26, s. 272A (as inserted by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), Sch. 30 para. 4)

C16

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 62 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 16 paras. 40-43 (as amended (with effect in accordance with s. 123(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 123(4)-(7))

C17

Sch. 36 applied (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 14 para. 17(1)

C18

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 13 para. 6(1)(3)

C19

Sch. 36 modified (24.2.2022) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 14 para. 18

C20

Sch. 36 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), 12 (with art. 1(2))

Notes on Part 7

Modifications

C1

Sch. 36 Pt. 7 applied (13.8.2009) by 2007 c. 11, Sch. 11 para. 2(7) (as substituted by The Finance Act 2009, Schedule 47 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2035), Sch. para. 53)

C2

Sch. 36 Pt. 7 applied (1.4.2011) by 1979 c. 2, s. 118G(2) (as inserted by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), s. 29(2), Sch. 13 para. 15(3); S.I. 2011/777, art. 2)

C3

Sch. 36 Pt. 7 applied (with modifications) (14.10.2013) by S.I. 2006/208, reg. 5 (as inserted (E.W.S.) by The Registered Pension Schemes and Overseas Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013 (S.I. 2013/2259), regs. 1, 21) (as amended (6.4.2015) by The Overseas Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/673), regs. 1, 6(a))

C4

Sch. 36 Pt. 7 modified (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 Pt. 3 of the amending Act) by 2010 c. 4, s. 269DM(5) (as inserted by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 3 para. 1)

C5

Sch. 36 Pt. 7 modified (with effect in accordance with Sch. 3 Pt. 3 of the amending Act) by 2010 c. 8, s. 371UBA(5) (as inserted by Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), Sch. 3 para. 10(5))

C6

Sch. 36 Pt. 7 applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 25(1)(2) of the amending Act) by 2010 c. 8, Sch. 7A para. 66(1) (as inserted by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 5 para. 2 (with Sch. 5 para. 28))

C7

Sch. 36 applied (with modifications) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 16 para. 62 of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 16 paras. 40-43

C8

Sch. 36 Pt. 7 modified (14.7.2022) by Energy (Oil and Gas) Profits Levy Act 2022 (c. 40), s. 12(5) (with ss. 15(1), 16(1))