16-80
CurrentPenalty for failure to pay within time
Volume 1Parts I to V (sections 1 to 18), Schedule 1, Chapter 2, Part 2-1 to Part 2-5 (sections 6-1 to 21-5)
Schedule 1Collection and recovery of income tax and other liabilities
Chapter 2Collection, recovery and administration of income tax
Part 2-5Pay as you go (PAYG) withholding
Division 16Payer’s obligations and rights
Subdivision 16-BTo pay withheld amounts to the Commissioner
16-80 Penalty for failure to pay within time
If an amount that an entity must pay to the Commissioner under subsection 16‑70(1) or (3) remains unpaid after the time by which it is due to be paid, the entity is liable to pay *general interest charge on the unpaid amount for each day in the period that:
(a)
started at the beginning of the day by which the unpaid amount was due to be paid; and
(b)
finishes at the end of the last day, at the end of which, any of the following remains unpaid:
(i)
the unpaid amount;
(ii)
general interest charge on any of the unpaid amount.
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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