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Paragraph 29

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

(1)

Where a person becomes liable to a penalty—

(a)

HMRC may assess the penalty, and

(b)

if they do so, HMRC must notify the person of the assessment.

(2)

An assessment of a penalty may not be made—

(a)

more than 6 months after the failure first comes to the attention of an officer of Revenue and Customs, or

(b)

more than 6 years after the end of the financial year in which the tax strategy to which the failure relates was (or was originally) required to be published.