PART 8 S Penalties

[F1 Chapter 5A S Penalties relating solely to Scottish aggregates tax

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 8 Ch. 5A inserted (1.4.2026) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 43(2), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2026/84, reg. 2(c)

[F2 216G Reasonable excuse for failures under Chapter 5A S

(1) If a person (“P”) satisfies Revenue Scotland or (on appeal) the tribunal that there is a reasonable excuse for a failure to comply with a requirement imposed by or under the AT(S) Act 2024 as described in section 216A(1), 216B(1), 216C(1), 216D(1), 216E(1) or 216F(1), liability to a penalty does not arise in relation to that failure.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1)—

(a) an insufficiency of funds is not a reasonable excuse unless attributable to events outside P's control,

(b) where P relies on any other person to do anything, that is not a reasonable excuse unless P took reasonable care to avoid the failure, and

(c) where P had a reasonable excuse for the failure but the excuse has ceased, P is to be treated as having continued to have the excuse if the failure is remedied without unreasonable delay after the excuse ceased.]]

Textual Amendments

F2 Ss. 216G-216I inserted (1.4.2026) by Aggregates Tax and Devolved Taxes Administration (Scotland) Act 2024 (asp 14), ss. 49(2), 64(2) (with s. 63); S.S.I. 2026/84, reg. 2(c)