SAM10061 - Appeals, postponements and reviews: appeals: handling an appeal against a charge based item (Action Guide)
This Action Guide assumes that
- You have received an appeal
- The appeal is proper to your office (see subject 鈥榃ho Should Handle an Appeal?鈥� (SAM10040)
To handle an appeal against an SA charge based item consider steps 1 - 10 below.
The guide is presented as follows
Identifying the charge details - Steps 1 - 2
Recording the appeal on the SA system - Steps 3 - 6
Action to take if postponement application received - Step 7
Issuing acknowledgement of the appeal - Steps 8 - 9
Retaining appeal papers - Step 10
Identifying the charge details
1. Check function VIEW STATEMENT to identify the charge against which the appeal has been made
2. Make a note of the Charge Creation Date shown against the charge in function VIEW STATEMENT
Recording the appeal on the SA system
3. Select function MAINTAIN APPEAL from the Function Menu
4. Check whether an open appeal already exists for this item
- If an open appeal already exists
- Refer the appeal back to the person dealing with it for instruction, and take no further action
- If no open appeal already exists
- Select the [New Appeal] button to take you to function CREATE APPEAL
5. Enter the following details in function CREATE APPEAL
- Year ended
- Select the relevant 鈥楢ppeal Type鈥� from the drop down menu which shows
- Requirement to produce documents
- Continuation of an enquiry
- Amendment of a partnership statement
- Fixed Penalty
- 6/12 month filing penalty
- Daily penalty
- Late payment penalty/surcharge
- Revenue Assessment
- Revenue Amendment
- Charge Creation Date
Notes:
a. An appeal against a miscellaneous penalty created using function CREATE RETURN CHARGE should be recorded under 鈥榝ixed penalty鈥�
b. For appeals against penalties, choose the relevant penalty appeal type, for example 鈥楩ixed penalty鈥�, irrelevant of whether the appeal is being made against an individual fixed penalty or partnership penalty
c. Late payment penalty appeal types should include appeals against 30 days, 6 months and 12 months late payment penalties
When you select the [OK] button you will be returned to function MAINTAIN APPEAL
6. In function MAINTAIN APPEAL
- Select the [OK] button
Action to take if postponement application received
7. If the appeal is accompanied by a postponement application
- If you agree the postponement application
- Take no further action from this Action Guide, but follow the guidance in Action Guide 鈥楬andling a Formal Standover鈥� (SAM11061) within the section 鈥楶ostponements鈥�
- If you makes alternative proposals as to the amount to be postponed
- Take no further action from this Action Guide, but follow the guidance in Action Guide 鈥楿nacceptable Postponement Application鈥� (SAM11081) within the section 鈥楶ostponements鈥�
- If the appeal relates to a fixed automatic penalty, surcharge or late payment penalty and the charge is unpaid
- Take no further action from this Action Guide, but follow the guidance in Action Guide 鈥楬andling an Informal Standover鈥� (SAM11071) within the section 鈥楶ostponements鈥�, otherwise
- Go to step 8
Issuing acknowledgement of the appeal
8. In Excel, select SEES, then Forms and Letters
- Select the appropriate appeal acknowledgement form (SAM10180) for issue to the appellant
- Enter the appellant鈥檚 details for inclusion on the form
- Print off 2 copies of the form
9. Issue one copy of the form to the appellant
Retaining appeal papers
10. File away the appeal papers, including the other copy of the acknowledgement form. If the appeal relates to an enquiry, file with the enquiry papers