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  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 2009",
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  "number": "13J",
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  "text": "(1) P is liable to a penalty under this paragraph if (and only if) P's failure continues after the end of the period of 12 months beginning with the penalty date.\n(2) Where, by failing to make the return, P deliberately withholds information which would enable or assist HMRC to assess P's liability to tax, the penalty under this paragraph is determined in accordance with sub-paragraphs (3) and (4).\n(3) If the withholding of the information is deliberate and concealed, the penalty is the greater of—\n(a) 100% of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and\n(b) £300.\n(4) If the withholding of the information is deliberate but not concealed, the penalty is the greater of—\n(a) 70% of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and\n(b) £300.\n(5) In any case not falling within sub-paragraph (2), the penalty under this paragraph is the greater of—\n(a) 5% of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and\n(b) £300.",
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      "text": "Sch. 55 paras. 13A-13J and cross-headings inserted (12.2.2019 for the purposes of soft drinks industry levy, 1.4.2022 for the purposes of plastic packaging tax) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), s. 26(2), Sch. 10 para. 7 (as amended (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 22 para. 21(3); (12.2.2019) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), s. 67(1); and (1.4.2022 and with effect in accordance with s. 85(1)(b) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2021 (c. 26), s. 85(1)(a), Sch. 15 para. 3(1); S.I. 2021/1409, reg. 4); 2019 c. 1, s. 67(2), 2021 c. 26, Sch. 15 para. 3(2)"
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      "type": "I",
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      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 13J in force at 1.4.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/1409, reg. 2(b)"
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