ECP8210 - Reviews and appeals: Reasonable excuse legal provisions
Please see the guidance in CH160000 for the most up-to-date guidance on reasonable excuse.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp provisions for reasonable excuse are contained in Section 10 of the Finance Act 1994. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappre is no legal definition of what constitutes a reasonable excuse, and what may be acceptable for one trader may not be satisfactory for another.
»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp law provides that
- lack of funds to pay any duty due, and
- delay and / or inaccuracy by any person relied on to perform any task
are not reasonable excuses.