Higher offshore tax evasion penalties explained
By Kirsten Hastings, 3 Jul 18
The UK taxman has updated its factsheet on how it calculates new penalties for offshore tax evasion involving income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax.
HM Revenue & Customs may charge a penalty of up to 200% of the tax due where:
- There’s an inaccuracy, failure to notify or deliberate withholding of information;
- It involves offshore matters in certain categories of ‘territory’ or is an offshore transfer; and,
- The tax at stake is Income Tax or Capital Gains, or for Inheritance Tax transfers made on or after 1 April 2016.
Each type of infraction is sub-divided into three categories: non-deliberate, deliberate, and deliberate and concealed.
And, each comes with its own penalty range, which is also dependent on whether the disclosure to HMRC was prompted or unprompted.
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Tags: HMRC | Tax Evasion
