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Compliance Handbook

CH271100 - How to do a compliance check: penalty for an inaccuracy in response to notices: introduction and scope

Guidance at CH26280 sets out the circumstances when a person may have to pay a penalty under Paragraph 40A of Schedule 36 Finance Act 2008 and Schedule 23 of Finance Act 2011:

  • giving HMRC inaccurate information, or
  • giving HMRC a document containing an inaccuracy and not telling us about it when responding to a notice

The maximum penalty is £3000 for each inaccuracy, see CH26780.

The relevant notices in SEES will contain a warning that inaccurate responses can be penalised in this way.

This part of the guidance tells you about:

  • why an inaccuracy in a document should be disclosed to you, see CH271200 
  • the interaction between these penalties and Schedule 24 FA07 penalties, see CH271300 
  • how to decide on the amount of the penalty to assess, see CH271400 
  • the authorisation and charge creation procedure, see CH271500