[F1Losses brought about carelessly or deliberatelyU.K.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 10 para. 31A and cross-heading inserted (1.4.2011) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 99(2), Sch. 51 para. 15(9); S.I. 2010/867, art. 2(2)
31A(1)This paragraph applies for the purposes of paragraph 31.U.K.
(2)A loss of tax is brought about carelessly by a person if the person fails to take reasonable care to avoid bringing about that loss.
(3)Where—
(a)information is provided to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,
(b)the person who provided the information, or the person on whose behalf the information was provided, discovers some time later that the information was inaccurate, and
(c)that person fails to take reasonable steps to inform Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs,
any loss of tax brought about by the inaccuracy is to be treated as having been brought about carelessly by that person.
(4)References to a loss of tax brought about deliberately by a person include a loss of tax brought about as a result of a deliberate inaccuracy in a document given to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs by or on behalf of that person.]