Revealed: £2,000 fine for late tax return among hidden penalties in George Osborne’s new ‘easy’ digital system

‘Taxpayers who file late returns face draconian fines of up to £2,000 in a shake-up buried in government documents.

Officials want to ditch the automatic £100 penalty for missing the deadline in favour of a points system similar to the one used to punish motorists.

The points would be registered on the new digital tax accounts unveiled by George Osborne in his Budget speech on Wednesday.’