Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1 See also—1970(M) s.9—partnership returns.1990(C), ss.65, 78—capital allowances for machinery, etc., used for trade carried on in partnership.
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 118ZA-118ZD and preceding cross-heading inserted (6.4.2001) by Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 (c. 12), ss. 10(1), 19(1); S.I. 2000/3316, art. 2
[F2(1)For the purposes of the Tax Acts, where a limited liability partnership carries on a trade, profession or other business with a view to profit—
(a)all the activities of the partnership are treated as carried on in partnership by its members (and not by the partnership as such),
(b)anything done by, to or in relation to the partnership for the purposes of, or in connection with, any of its activities is treated as done by, to or in relation to the members as partners, and
(c)the property of the partnership is treated as held by the members as partnership property.
References in this subsection to the activities of the limited liability partnership are to anything that it does, whether or not in the course of carrying on a trade, profession or other business with a view to profit.
(2)For all purposes, except as otherwise provided, in the Tax Acts—
(a)references to a partnership include a limited liability partnership in relation to which subsection (1) above applies,
(b)references to members of a partnership include members of such a limited liability partnership,
(c)references to a company do not include such a limited liability partnership, and
(d)references to members of a company do not include members of such a limited liability partnership.
(3)Subsection (1) above continues to apply in relation to a limited liability partnership which no longer carries on any trade, profession or other business with a view to profit—
(a)if the cessation is only temporary, or
(b)during a period of winding up following a permanent cessation, provided—
(i)the winding up is not for reasons connected in whole or in part with the avoidance of tax, and
(ii)the period of winding up is not unreasonably prolonged,
but subject to subsection (4) below.
(4)Subsection (1) above ceases to apply in relation to a limited liability partnership—
(a)on the appointment of a liquidator or (if earlier) the making of a winding-up order by the court, or
(b)on the occurrence of any event under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom corresponding to an event specified in paragraph (a) above.]
Textual Amendments
F2S. 118ZA substituted (retrospective to 6.4.2001) by Finance Act 2001 (c. 9), s. 75(1)(6)