When a charging notice has been issued to a company, the DPT must be paid within 30 days of the day the notice is issued. The tax cannot be postponed on any grounds so is payable irrespective of any ongoing review or appeal in respect of the notice1.
Penalties and interest for late payment of DPT
A penalty can be applied if payment of DPT is late2. (See A4.560 for details of the late payments penalties regime.) Any payment of DPT is not allowed as a deduction or any other relief when calculating income, profits, or losses for any tax purposes and any amounts paid are not to be treated as a distribution3.
The total amount of DPT charged includes an amount of 'true-up interest' which is charged on the DPT amount and calculated by reference to a notional period which runs from the date beginning six months after the end of the accounting period to which the charge relates and ends with the day the notice to impose
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