Potential Lost Revenue Hmrc
The term potential lost revenue has its own definition.
Potential lost revenue hmrc. When using the normal rule see ch82160 to calculate potential lost revenue plr all the additional amount of tax that is due or payable as a result of putting right the. However in broad terms it includes the extra tax and national insurance contributions if appropriate as a result of correcting an incorrect return or hmrc assessment or an incorrect tax repayment. Hmrc issued a penalty for careless behaviou r under schedule 24 fa 2007 and calculated the potential lost revenue plr as follows. There are some fairly complicated rules to allow for the offset of tax overstated against additional tax in calculating potential lost revenue and hence the level of penalties.
An interesting interpretation as paragraph 5 defines potential lost revenue as being an amount due or payable as a result of correcting the inaccuracy or assessment perhaps also a contravention of echr in terms of the fact that some might well consider that it is disproportionate to levy a tax geared penalty when there is no loss of tax to hmrc. Hmrc have calculated the potential lost revenue at 1 925. Failing to tell us about an under determination or under assessment. 100 of 34 554 tax relief claimed 10 of the unused losses carried forwards i e.
The potential lost revenue plr for the trustee s penalty is 48 000 120 000 x 40. Correcting an inaccuracy in a document including an inaccuracy attributable to another person. Normal rule 5 1 the potential lost revenue in respect of an inaccuracy in a document including an inaccuracy attributable to a supply of false information or. The normal rule for potential lost revenue plr is that it is the additional amount due and payable to us as a result of.
I am happy with the dates and their assumptions about non deliberate and unprompted etc. Normal rule 5 1 the potential lost revenue in respect of an inaccuracy in a document or a failure to notify an under assessment is the additional amount due or payable.