Recent updates to the Compliance Handbook


Below are details of the amendments that were published on 3 August 2009 (see the update index for all updates)


Section

Details of update

CH21050

Penalties for Inaccuracies: Types of inaccuracy: Conditions and safeguards: Commencement date

Guidance amended to clarify that where you started your compliance check before 1 April 2009, you must not use a particular power in Schedule 36 to seek information or documents that you were in a position to ask for before 1 April 2009, ie either there was no corresponding power before that date or the corresponding power could not have been used. The examples have also been amended for clarity.

 

CH82160

Penalties for Inaccuracies: Calculating the Penalty: Potential Lost Revenue: Single inaccuracy

Guidance amended as follows

“For the purposes of calculating the PLR ‘tax’ includes NIC excluding Class 1A NIC.”

 

CH82450

Penalties for Inaccuracies: Calculating the Penalty: Penalty reductions for disclosure: Helping

Guidance amended for clarity:

“The extent of the help covers the whole period of the compliance check from start to finish and all aspects of the compliance check relating to that inaccuracy, as and when required…