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Section 45, The Finance Act, 2021
Status not yet checkedThe Finance Act, 2021, Sierra Leone
(1) A person who fails to use or tampers with any systemor installation of the National Revenue Authority shall be deemed
to be impeding tax administration and shall be liable to
(a) the prescribed penalty provisions
provided for in Paragraph 12 of the
Ninth Schedule to the Income Tax Act
of section 30
of Act No. 2
of 2019.
Evading
Taxation by
not Using
or Tampering
with the
system.
(b) in the case of a small and medium
enterprise to an administrative fine of
20,000,000 or upon conviction a fineof
Le50,000,000 or an imprisonment term
of up to three years or both the
imprisonment term and fine.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection
(1) the Commissioner-General shall assess to the best of his
judgement the amount of revenue lost as a result of any action or
inaction by the taxpayer, agent or related party as the case maybe
without objection by the taxpayer.
(3) The Commissioner-General shall fully recovery all
unpaid taxes as provided for in this act.
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