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Section 54 Penalties, interest and VAT surcharges

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(1) In calculating the profits of a trade, no deduction is allowed for any penalty or interest mentioned in the first column of the following table.

(2) This is the table—

Penalty or interest

Description of tax, levy or duty
Interest under any provision of Part 9 of TMA 1970

Income tax, capital gains tax and corporation tax
Interest required to be paid by regulations made under section 71 of FA 2004 (construction industry)
Penalty under any of sections 60 to 70 of VATA 1994 Value added tax
Interest under section 74 [or 85A]1 of VATA 1994
Penalty under any of sections 8 to 11 of FA 1994 Excise duties
Penalty under any of paragraphs 12 to 19 of Schedule 7 to FA 1994 Insurance premium tax

[Interest under section 60(8) of FA 1994 or paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to FA 1994]2
Penalty under any provision of Part 5 of Schedule 5 to FA 1996 Landfill tax

[Interest under section 56(5) of, or paragraph 26 or 27 of Schedule 5 to, FA 1996]3
Penalty under any provision of Schedule 6 to FA 2000 Climate change levy
Interest under any of paragraphs 70, 81 to 85[, 109 and 123(6)]4 of that Schedule
Penalty under any provision of Part 2 of FA 2001 Aggregates levy
Interest under [section 42(6) of, or]5 any of paragraphs 5 to 9 of Schedule 5 to, paragraph 6 of Schedule 8 to and paragraph 5 of Schedule 10 [to, FA 2001]6
Penalty under section 25 or 26 of FA 2003 Customs, export and import duties
Penalty under any provision of Part 4 of FA 2003 Stamp duty land tax
Interest under any provision of that Part
[Penalty under Schedule 24 to FA 2007]7

[Various taxes and excise duties]7

Amendments

1 Inserted by S.I. 2009/56 article 3(1) and Schedule 1 para 438(2) from 1 April 2009.

2 Entry relating to "Interest under section 60(8) of FA 1994 or paragraph 21 of Schedule 7 to FA 1994" substituted by S.I. 2009/56 article 3(1) and Schedule 1 para 438(3) from 1 April 2009.

3 Entry relating to "Interest under section 56(5) of, or paragraph 26 or 27 of Schedule 5 to, FA 1996" substituted by S.I. 2009/56 article 3(1) and Schedule 1 para 438(4) from 1 April 2009.

4 Substituted for the words “and 109” by S.I. 2009/56 article 3(1) and Schedule 1 para 438(5) from 1 April 2009.

5 Inserted by S.I. 2009/56 article 3(1) and Schedule 1 para 438(6)(a) from 1 April 2009.

6 Substituted for the words “to FA 2001” by S.I. 2009/56 article 3(1) and Schedule 1 para 439(6)(b) from 1 April 2009.

7 Entry relating to "Penalty under Schedule 24 to FA 2007" inserted by S.I. 2009/567 article 8 and Schedule 1 para 28 from 1 April 2009.

(3) In calculating the profits of a trade, no deduction is allowed for any surcharge under section 59 of VATA 1994.

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