AWRS110600 - Calculating the penalty: penalty reductions for disclosure

The maximum penalty percentage can be reduced depending upon the quality of disclosure. A person makes a disclosure by:

• telling us about it (telling), see Telling
• giving us reasonable help (helping), Helping, and
• allowing us access to records for the purpose of checking what sales have been made without approval (giving access), see Giving.

The penalty percentage cannot be reduced below a minimum amount which is determined by:

• the type of failure, for example, deliberate and concealed, and
• whether the disclosure is unprompted or prompted, see AWRS110700.

The maximum and minimum penalty percentages for each type of failure are set out in AWRS110900.

See AWRS130000 if a person asks for a special reduction of the penalty.