SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 18Serial tax avoidance

PART 5Penalty

Value of counteracted advantage: delayed VAT

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1

Sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 36 has effect as follows so far as the tax advantage which is counteracted as mentioned in that sub-paragraph is in the nature of a delay in relation to the person's obligations with respect to VAT.

2

That sub-paragraph has effect as if for “the amount by which X exceeds Y is a counteracted tax advantage” there were substituted, “there is a counteracted tax advantage of—

d

25% of the amount of the delayed VAT for each year of the delay, or

e

a percentage of the amount of the delayed VAT, for each separate period of delay of less than a year, equating to 25% per year,

or, if less, 100% of the amount of the delayed VAT