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New VAT penalty regime

A new penalty regime will take effect in 2009 that will impact on businesses that understate their VAT liability. This measure is part of an initiative to standardise and simplify the existing penalty regime right across the taxes. The new rules will be based on both the amount of tax understated and the behaviour that gives rise to the understatement with no penalties being applied for “mistakes” but, at the other end of the scale, higher penalties for “deliberate action with concealment”.
 

Our view
Taxpayers may find it easier to understand a single penalty regime applicable across the different taxes.