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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/finance-act-2009/schedule-55/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/10",
  "legislation_title": "Finance Act 2009",
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  "number": "6",
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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(3A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3)(a), the relevant percentage is—\n(a) for the withholding of category 1 information, the relevant percentage,\n(b) for the withholding of category 2 information, 150%, and\n(c) for the withholding of category 3 information, 200%.\n(4) If the withholding of the information is deliberate but not concealed, the penalty is the greater of—\n(a) the relevant percentage of any liability to tax which would have been shown in the return in question, and\n(b) £300.\n(4A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (4)(a), the relevant percentage is—\n(a) for the withholding of category 1 information, 70%,\n(b) for the withholding of category 2 information, 105%, and\n(c) for the withholding of category 3 information, 140%.\n(5) In any other caseany 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.\n(6) Paragraph 6A explains the 3 categories of information.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 55 para. 6(2) inserted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 6.4.2011 for specified purposes, 12.2.2019 for specified purposes) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), s. 26(2), Sch. 10 para. 4(2); S.I. 2011/703, art. 2(a)(b); 2019 c. 1, s. 67(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 6(3A) inserted (6.4.2011 for specified purposes) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 35(2), Sch. 10 para. 11(3); S.I. 2011/975, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 55 para. 6(3)(a) substituted (6.4.2011 for specified purposes) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 35(2), Sch. 10 para. 11(2); S.I. 2011/975, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 55 para. 6(4)(a) substituted (6.4.2011 for specified purposes) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 35(2), Sch. 10 para. 11(4); S.I. 2011/975, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 6(4A) inserted (6.4.2011 for specified purposes) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 35(2), Sch. 10 para. 11(5); S.I. 2011/975, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 55 para. 6(5) substituted (1.4.2011 for specified purposes, 6.4.2011 for specified purposes, 12.2.2019 for specified purposes) by Finance (No. 3) Act 2010 (c. 33), s. 26(2), Sch. 10 para. 4(3); S.I. 2011/703, art. 2(a)(b); 2019 c. 1, s. 67(2)"
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 6(6) inserted (6.4.2011 for specified purposes) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), s. 35(2), Sch. 10 para. 11(6); S.I. 2011/975, art. 2(2) (with art. 5)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 6 in force at 1.4.2011 for specified purposes by S.I. 2011/702, art. 2 (with art. 1(2))"
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    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 6 in force at 17.7.2013 for specified purposes by 2013 c. 29, Sch. 34 para. 7(2)Sch. 55 para. 6 in force at 6.4.2018 for specified purposes by S.I. 2018/468, art. 2(b)"
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 6 in force at 12.2.2019 for specified purposes by 2019 c. 1, Sch. 2 para. 29(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 55 para. 6 in force at 1.4.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/1409, reg. 2(b)"
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