CH82301 - Penalties for Inaccuracies: Calculating the penalty: Losses impact on potential lost revenue calculation: Losses

You must check the date from which these rules apply for the tax or duty you are dealing with. See CH81011 for full details.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp guidance on losses applies to

  • income tax
  • Class 4 NICs which are collected as if they were income tax
  • capital gains tax
  • corporation tax
  • petroleum revenue tax.

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp guidance on losses does not apply to VAT, other indirect taxes, Bank Payroll Tax, Excise or other classes of NICs. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp income on which these taxes and duties are chargeable can only generate a specific liability to these taxes, and not a corresponding loss.

Where there are losses, the calculation of potential lost revenue (PLR) will include any additional tax due as a result of amending the loss to the correct figure.

Incorrect losses which have no immediate tax effect will be considered for penalties at a discounted rate. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp discounted rate is set by law, see CH82320.

As well as a loss, the guidance on losses applies to

  • a charge
  • an expense
  • a deficit, and
  • any other amount that
  • may be available for, or
  • relied on to claim

a deduction or relief.

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