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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 21Penalties relating to offshore matters and offshore transfers

Amendments to Schedule 24 to the Finance Act 2007 (c. 11)

4After paragraph 10 insert—

10A(1)If a person who would otherwise be liable to a penalty of a percentage shown in column 1 of the Table (a “standard percentage”) has made a disclosure, HMRC must reduce the standard percentage to one that reflects the quality of the disclosure.

(2)But the standard percentage may not be reduced to a percentage that is below the minimum shown for it—

(a)in the case of a prompted disclosure, in column 2 of the Table, and

(b)in the case of an unprompted disclosure, in column 3 of the Table.

Standard %Minimum % for prompted disclosureMinimum % for unprompted disclosure
30%15%0%
37.5%18.75%0%
45%22.5%0%
60%30%0%
70%45%30%
87.5%53.75%35%
100%60%40%
105%62.5%40%
125%72.5%50%
140%80%50%
150%85%55%
200%110%70%