SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 24Penalties for failure to make returns etc

PART 3Supplementary provision

Withdrawal of notice to make a return

21(1)This paragraph applies where—

(a)a person is liable to a penalty point or a penalty under this Schedule in relation to a failure to make a return in paragraph (1) or (2) of group 1A or 1B, and

(b)HMRC decide (on the request of the person or otherwise) to give the person a notice under section 8B of TMA 1970 withdrawing a notice under section 8 of that Act.

(2)This paragraph also applies where—

(a)the trustees of a settlement are, as a deemed single person (see paragraph 26), liable to a penalty point or a penalty under this Schedule in relation to a failure to make a return in paragraph (1) or (2) of group 2A or 2B, and

(b)HMRC decide (on the request of a trustee of the settlement or otherwise) to give a trustee of the settlement a notice under section 8B of TMA 1970 withdrawing a notice under section 8A of that Act.

(3)This paragraph also applies where—

(a)the partners in a partnership are, as a deemed single person (see paragraph 25), liable to a penalty point or a penalty under this Schedule in relation to a failure to make a return in paragraph (1) or (2) of group 3A, and

(b)HMRC decide, on a request by a partner in the partnership under section 12AAA of TMA 1970, to give a notice under that section withdrawing a notice under section 12AA of that Act.

(4)The notice under section 8B or 12AAA of TMA 1970 may include provision cancelling liability to the penalty point or the penalty.