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77 Fraudulent evasion
(1) A person commits an offence if the person is knowingly concerned in, or in the taking of steps with a view to, the fraudulent evasion (by that person or another person) of plastic packaging tax.
(2) The reference in subsection (1) to the evasion of plastic packaging tax includes reference to obtaining, in circumstances where there is no entitlement to it—
(a) a tax credit;
(b) a repayment of plastic packaging tax.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court,
(ii) to a fine not exceeding £20,000 or (if greater) three times the total of the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, or
(iii) to both;
(b) on summary conviction in Scotland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months,
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or (if greater) three times the total of the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, or
(iii) to both;
(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months,
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or (if greater) three times the total of the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, or
(iii) to both;
(d) on conviction on indictment—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years,
(ii) to a fine, or
(iii) to both.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the amounts of plastic packing tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded are to be taken as including—
(a) the amount of any tax credit, and
(b) the amount of any repayment of plastic packaging tax,
which was, or was intended to be, obtained in circumstances when there was no entitlement to it.
(5) In determining for the purposes of subsection (3) the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, no account is to be taken of the extent to which any liability to tax of a person would be, or would have been, reduced by the amount of any tax credit or repayment of plastic packaging tax to which the person was, or would have been, entitled.
(6) In relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022, the reference in subsection (3)(a)(i) to the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.
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77 Fraudulent evasion
(1) A person commits an offence if the person is knowingly concerned in, or in the taking of steps with a view to, the fraudulent evasion (by that person or another person) of plastic packaging tax.
(2) The reference in subsection (1) to the evasion of plastic packaging tax includes reference to obtaining, in circumstances where there is no entitlement to it—
(a) a tax credit;
(b) a repayment of plastic packaging tax.
(3) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding the general limit in a magistrates’ court,
(ii) to a fine not exceeding £20,000 or (if greater) three times the total of the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, or
(iii) to both;
(b) on summary conviction in Scotland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months,
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or (if greater) three times the total of the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, or
(iii) to both;
(c) on summary conviction in Northern Ireland—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months,
(ii) to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or (if greater) three times the total of the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, or
(iii) to both;
(d) on conviction on indictment—
(i) to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 14 years,
(ii) to a fine, or
(iii) to both.
(4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the amounts of plastic packing tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded are to be taken as including—
(a) the amount of any tax credit, and
(b) the amount of any repayment of plastic packaging tax,
which was, or was intended to be, obtained in circumstances when there was no entitlement to it.
(5) In determining for the purposes of subsection (3) the amounts of plastic packaging tax that were, or were intended to be, evaded, no account is to be taken of the extent to which any liability to tax of a person would be, or would have been, reduced by the amount of any tax credit or repayment of plastic packaging tax to which the person was, or would have been, entitled.
(6) In relation to an offence committed before 2 May 2022, the reference in subsection (3)(a)(i) to the general limit in a magistrates’ court is to be read as a reference to 6 months.
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