[122 Penalty for failure to pay tax on time]

Penalty for failure to pay tax

[122  Penalty for failure to pay tax on time]

[(1)     A person is liable to a penalty if the person has failed to pay an amount of devolved tax on or before the penalty date in respect of that amount.

[(2)     The penalty—

(a)     in respect of an amount of land transaction tax, is 5% of the amount of unpaid tax;

(b)     in respect of an amount of landfill disposals tax, is 1% of the amount of unpaid tax.]

[(2A)     But see section 122ZA for an exception to the rule in subsection (1).]

(3)     In this section and in [sections 122ZA and 122A], the penalty date in respect of an amount of devolved tax specified in column 3 of Table A1 is the date specified in column 4.

TABLE A1

ItemDevolved TaxAmount of TaxPenalty date
1Land
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