You can receive HMRC penalty in one of the following most common scenarios;
Under most circumstances, appeal against the HMRC penalty is submitted by letter within 30 days the the penalty letter is dated. You must have a “reasonable excuse” in order to appeal against HMRC penalty.
HMRC takes a very strict view on reasonable excuse to be used in appeal against penalty. Their view on reasonable excuse can be found here. You can appeal on reasonable excuse basis, if one of the following is/was applicable to you;
The following would not count as “reasonable excuse” in appealing against the HMRC penalty;
When an appeal is made against the HMRC penalty, it is dealt with by a HMRC tax officer, who was not involved in the original penalty decision of HMRC. For certain taxes, like VAT, appeal can be filed directly to Tax tribunal.
Where your appeal against the HMRC penalty does not result in your favour, you have the following 2 options;
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