Paragraph 6D I1I2I3I4C1F1
P may be liable to one or more penalties under this paragraph in respect of extended failures.
In this paragraph an “extended failure” means a failure to make a return on or before the filing date which continues after the end of the period of 3 months beginning with the day after the filing date.
P is liable to a penalty or penalties under this paragraph if (and only if)—
HMRC decide at any time that such a penalty or penalties should be payable in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) or (6), and
HMRC give notice to P specifying the date from which the penalty, or each penalty, is payable.
HMRC may decide under sub-paragraph (3)(a) that a separate penalty should be payable in respect of each unpenalised extended failure in the tax year to date.
In that case the amount of the penalty in respect of each failure is 5% of any liability to make payments which would have been shown in the return in question.
HMRC may decide under sub-paragraph (3)(a) that a single penalty should be payable in respect of all the unpenalised extended failures in the tax year to date.
In that case the amount of the penalty in respect of those failures is 5% of the sum of the liabilities to make payments which would have been shown in each of the returns in question.
For the purposes of this paragraph, an extended failure is unpenalised if a penalty has not already been imposed in respect of it under this paragraph (whether in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) or (6)).
The date specified in the notice under sub-paragraph (3)(b) in relation to a penalty—
may be earlier than the date on which the notice is given, but
may not be earlier than the end of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) in relation to the relevant extended failure.
In sub-paragraph (9)(b) “the relevant extended failure” means—
the extended failure in respect of which the penalty is payable, or
if the penalty is payable in respect of more than one extended failure (in accordance with sub-paragraph (6)), the extended failure with the latest filing date.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Sch. 55 paras. 6B-6D and cross-heading inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 50 para. 16(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 50 para. 6
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 55 para. 6D applied (6.4.2022) by The Pension (Non-Taxable Payments Following Death) (Real Time Information) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/506), regs. 1, 7(3)
Commencement
- I1
Sch. 55 para. 6D in force at 6.10.2014 for specified purposes and 6.3.2015 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/2395, art. 2(1)(b)
- I2
Sch. 55 para. 6D in force at 6.4.2018 for specified purposes by S.I. 2018/468, art. 2(b)
- I3
Sch. 55 para. 6D in force at 12.2.2019 for specified purposes by 2019 c. 1, Sch. 2 para. 29(3)
- I4
Sch. 55 para. 6D in force at 1.4.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2021/1409, reg. 2(b)
Notes on Schedule 55
Modifications
- C1
Sch. 55 modified (8.4.2010) by Finance Act 2010 (c. 13), Sch. 1 para. 38
- C2
Sch. 55 applied by S.R. 2009/128, reg. 35 (as substituted (6.4.2011) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 (S.R. 2011/137), regs. 1(1), 8(a) (with reg. 12))
- C3
Sch. 55 applied by S.I. 2009/470, reg. 40(1)(2) (as substituted (6.4.2011) by The Education (Student Loans) (Repayment) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/784), regs. 1(1), 9 (with reg. 12(2)))
- C4
Sch. 55 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2001/1004, Sch. 4 para. 21G (as inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/2397), regs. 1(1), 3(5))
- C5
Sch. 55 applied (with modifications) by 1992 c. 4, s. 11A (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)
- C6
Sch. 55 applied (with modifications) by 1992 c. 7, s. 11A (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)
- C7
Sch. 55 applied (with modifications) (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(1)(2)
- C8
Sch. 55 modified (temp.) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 10 para. 43 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2022 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 26 (as amended (5.1.2023) by S.I. 2022/1321, regs. 1, 2(2)
- C9
Sch. 55 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), 42(3) (with reg. 1(3))
- C10
Sch. 55 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(2)
Notes on Amount of penalty: real time information for PAYE and apprenticeship levy
Textual amendments
- F2
Words in Sch. 55 para. 6B cross-heading inserted (15.9.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 113(8) (with s. 117)