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For direct tax, a penalty will be due where a deliberate or careless inaccuracy leads to overstated tax losses. Where the tax effect of the loss is not known because not all the loss has been used, the penalty will be based on 10 per cent of the potential lost revenue unless there is no prospect of the loss being used.
