45. Amendment of Chapter 1 of Part 2 (consolidation and modernisation of general excise law) of Finance Act 2001.
Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Finance Act 2001 is amended by inserting the following after section 99A:
“99B. Penalty for deliberately or carelessly making incorrect returns, etc. |
(1) In this section— |
‘carelessly’ means failure to take reasonable care; |
‘liability to tax’ means a liability to the amount of the difference specified in subsection (11) or (12) arising from any matter referred to in subsection (2), (3), (5) or (6); |
‘period’ means taxable period, accounting period or other period, as the context requires; |
‘prompted qualifying disclosure’, in relation to a person, means a qualifying disclosure that has been made to the Commissioners or to an officer in the period between— |
(a) the date on which a person is notified by an officer of the date on which an investigation or inquiry into any matter occasioning a liability to tax of that person will start, and |