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We are publishing a series of guides on how each EU member state has implemented DAC6. The guide provides a preview to our full up-to-date country-by-country guide to DAC6.
Our next guide focusses on the UK’s implementation of DAC6.
This blog was originally published in July 2020 and was updated in February 2021.
How has the UK implemented DAC6?
Legislation Details
HMRC published the UK DAC6 legislation on 29 December 2020. The legislation is called “The International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements) (Amendment) (No. 2) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020”. Here is the UK’s guidance on DAC6.
Taxes covered
UK legislation covers cross-border arrangements. The legislation is in line with the EU Directive, (i.e., direct taxes are in scope while indirect
taxes, customs duties or excise duties and compulsory social security
contributions are not covered), and does not include domestic arrangements or any additional hallmarks.
NOTE: The scope of DAC 6 has been amended following Brexit through the International Tax Enforcement (Disclosable Arrangements) (Amendment) (No. 2) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (2020 No. 1649). The UK has removed hallmark categories A, B, C and E.
Legal Professional Privilege
UK exempts from reporting those intermediaries who are protected by legal professional privilege. In the UK, this includes lawyers, in cases where the information to be reported is covered by legal professional privilege.
In cases where LPP exemptions apply, the reporting obligation shifts to other intermediaries or the relevant tax payer.
Reporting
Reporting will be made either via manual data entry or via XML file upload. Reporting will be done in English.
Penalties
For non-compliance with any part of the regulation a maximum default penalty of up to GBP 5,000 applies, unless an HMRC officer considers this to be inappropriately low. In these cases, a penalty of GBP 600 each day may be applied for an initial period. If failure continues following the initial period, a further fine of GBP 600 for each day may be applied for the period in which the failure continues.
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