Index Compliance Handbook: Main Contents


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The aim of the Compliance Handbook is to give you clear and comprehensive guidance to help you and external customers understand and apply the penalties and compliance powers introduced by FA 2007 and FA 2008. The guidance is in two sections.

  • The technical guidance (CH1 - CH199999) explains the legislation and the overall policy about the way it should be applied.
  • The operational guidance (CH200000 onwards) explains how to use the penalties and powers in your job.

We are still developing this manual and we will add further guidance as it is produced for all compliance matters, both technical and operational.

Technical guidance

CH10000

Record Keeping

CH20000

Information & Inspection Powers

CH50000

Assessing Time Limits

CH70000

Penalties for Failure to Notify

CH80000

Penalties For Inaccuracies

CH90000

Penalties for VAT and Excise Wrongdoing

Operational guidance

CH200000

How to do a Compliance check

CH400000

Charging Penalties for Inaccuracies

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