CCM10770 - Penalties and Interest: Incorrect Claims - Over-Claims Arising from More Than One Behaviour Category - Enquiries or Examinations

In the course of an examination or enquiry you may identify over-claims which result from errors in more than one penalty category. For example, you may discover that a claimant who has invented a child (a Deliberate Error - penalty at 25%) has also mis-calculated their income (a Failure to Take Reasonable Care - penalty at 15%).

In these instances the penalty should be calculated at the higher rate.

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