Penalties for Inaccuracies Schedule 24 Finance Act (FA) 07

Contents

There are seven self study units which are available to you.

They are

Chapter 1 - Overview of Legislation; Schedule 24 FA07 (PDF 133K)

This unit will cover

  • What penalties are for and when they apply
  • What is a document?
  • Types of behaviour
  • Understanding of 'Reasonable Care'
  • Minimum and maximum penalties.
  • HRA, Article 6

Chapter 2 - Establish Behaviour (PDF 122K)

This unit will cover

  • Power to ask for information in relation to penalty
  • Gathering and assessing information including evidence
  • Written records
  • Referrals to ERT
  • Data Protection.

Chapter 3 - Disclosing Inaccuracies (PDF 92K)

This unit will cover

  • When is a penalty due
  • Maximum and minimum percentage
  • Gathering information
  • Quality of disclosure
  • Making your decision.

Chapter 4 - Calculating the Penalty (PDF 139K)

This unit will cover

  • Calculation of PLR
  • Grouping inaccuracies
  • Calculating the penalty
  • Suspension.

Chapter 5 - Decision Making and Authorisation (PDF 67K)

This unit will cover

  • When, why and from whom to seek authorisation
  • Tolerances and authorisation
  • Transfer of liability to officer of company
  • Settlement
  • Transitional issues
  • Function of authorising officer
  • Decision making process.

Chapter 6 - New Penalty System (PDF 113K)

This unit will cover

  • Overview of system
  • Outputs
  • Issuing an assessment
  • How penalties are collected.

Chapter 7 - Appeals and Central Penalty Teams (PDF 66K)

This unit will cover

  • Appeals
  • Special reductions
  • Central Penalty Teams.

Ideally you should complete these units in order of 1 to 7 but you can also do them individually and use them as refresher training.