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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Disposals of UK residential property interests by non-residents etc

PART 1Amendments of TCGA 1992

29After section 187A insert—

187BDeemed disposal of UK residential property interest under section 185

(1)This section applies if, ignoring subsections (3) and (4)—

(a)a gain or loss would accrue to a company on a disposal of a UK residential property interest deemed to have been made by virtue of section 185(2), and

(b)on the assumptions in subsection (2), that gain or loss would be an NRCGT gain chargeable to, or an NRCGT loss allowable for the purposes of, capital gains tax by virtue of section 14D or 188D (see section 57B and Schedule 4ZZB).

(2)The assumptions are that—

(a)the disposal is a non-resident CGT disposal, and

(b)any claim which the company could make under section 14F is made.

(3)No gain or loss accrues to the company on that disposal.

(4)But, on a subsequent disposal of the whole or part of the interest in UK land which is the subject of the disposal mentioned in subsection (1)(a), the whole or a corresponding part of the gain or loss which would have accrued to the company were it not for subsection (3)—

(a)is deemed to accrue to the company (in addition to any gain or loss that actually accrues on that subsequent disposal), and

(b)(if that would not otherwise be the case) is to be treated as an NRCGT gain chargeable to, or an NRCGT loss allowable for the purposes of, capital gains tax by virtue of section 14D accruing on a non-resident CGT disposal.

(5)A company may make an election for subsections (3) and (4) not to apply in relation to the disposal mentioned in subsection (1)(a).

(6)Such an election must be made within 2 years after the day on which the company ceases to be resident in the United Kingdom.

(7)In this section, “interest in UK land” has the meaning given by paragraph 2 of Schedule B1.