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.
Things become a bit more complicated where taxpayers fail to notify HMRC where there is a chargeable event.
In addition to a breakdown of territory by category, each disclosure type (unprompted or prompted) gets subdivided based on how long it took for the taxpayer to come forward.
Category One:

Category Two:

Category Three:

Click through to see the penalty rates for deliberately withholding information from HMRC.
Tags: HMRC | Tax Evasion

