Tax Guide for Small Businesses (2020/2021)
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10. Interest, penalties and additional tax
The TA Act provides for, amongst other things, –
• the imposition of interest (Chapter 12 of the TA Act);
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• the imposing of penalties (fixed amount penalties and percentage-based
penalty) (Chapter 15 of the TA Act); and
• the imposing of understatement penalties up to 200% for failure
to submit a return, an
omission from a return, an incorrect statement in a return, if no return is required, the
failure to pay the correct amount of tax, or an impermissible
avoidance arrangement
(Chapter 16 of the TA Act).
The above provisions exclude customs and excise legislation.
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A person may also be liable
on conviction of criminal offences relating to non-compliance with tax Acts
to a fine or to
imprisonment on matters such as non-payment of taxes, failure to submit tax returns, failure
to
disclose income, false statements, helping any person to evade tax or claiming a refund to
which that person is not entitled (Chapter 17 of the TA Act).
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