Payment, collection and recovery of duty and surcharge imposed under sections 33A and 33B and remission of surcharge, etc.
33C.—(1) Despite any objection under section 39A to an adjustment under section 33A or an appeal against it under section 40 —
(a)
the duty or additional duty resulting from the adjustment; and
(b)
the surcharge,
(collectively called the amounts due) must be paid —
(c)
within one month after the date of the notice of the amounts due from the Commissioner to the person liable for the amounts due; and
(d)
in the manner stated in the notice.
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(2) The Commissioner may, in the Commissioner’s discretion and subject to any term and condition (including the imposition of interest) as the Commissioner may impose, extend the time specified in subsection (1) within which payment is to be made.
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(3) If any part of the amounts due and any interest imposed under subsection (2) is not paid within the period specified in subsection (1) or extended under subsection (2), the person is liable to pay the following penalties:
(a)
where the outstanding amount is paid to the Commissioner within 3 months after the date of expiry of such period — a penalty of $10 or the outstanding amount, whichever is the greater;
(b)
where the outstanding amount is not paid to the Commissioner within 3 months after the date of expiry of such period — a penalty of $25 or 4 times the outstanding amount, whichever is the greater.
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(4) Sections 50 and 70AA apply to the collection and recovery by the Commissioner of the amounts due, interest imposed under subsection (2) and any penalty imposed under subsection (3) as they apply to the collection and recovery of duty and penalty required to be paid under this Act.
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(5) The Commissioner may, for good cause, remit wholly or in part the surcharge imposed under section 33B(2) or penalty imposed under subsection (3).
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(6) If, upon an objection under section 39A or an appeal under section 40, an adjustment made under section 33A is increased, reduced or annulled, then the surcharge is correspondingly increased, reduced or annulled (as the case may be), and —
(a)
if the amounts due are increased, subsections (1) to (5) apply to the increased amounts as they apply to the amounts due; or
(b)
if the amounts due are reduced or annulled and they or any part of them have already been paid to the Commissioner, the amount of the reduction or the entire amount (including any interest paid on the amount) must be refunded.