Finance Act 2003

Transfer of chargeable interest to a partnership: sum of the lower proportions U.K.

[F1 12 (1) The sum of the lower proportions in relation to a transaction to which paragraph 10 applies is determined as follows:—

Step One

Identify the relevant owner or owners.

A person is a relevant owner if—

(a) immediately before the transaction, he was entitled to a proportion of the chargeable interest, and

(b) immediately after the transaction, he is a partner or connected with a partner.

Step Two

For each relevant owner, identify the corresponding partner or partners.

A person is a corresponding partner in relation to a relevant owner if, immediately after the transaction—

(a) he is a partner, and

(b) he is the relevant owner [F2 or is an individual connected with the relevant owner].

[F3 (If there is no relevant owner with a corresponding partner, the sum of the lower proportions is nil.)]

Step Three

For each relevant owner, find the proportion of the chargeable interest to which he was entitled immediately before the transaction.

Apportion that proportion between any one or more of the relevant owner’s corresponding partners.

Step Four

Find the lower proportion for each person who is a corresponding partner in relation to one or more relevant owners.

The lower proportion is—

(a) the proportion of the chargeable interest attributable to the partner, or

(b) if lower, the partner’s partnership share immediately after the transaction.

The proportion of the chargeable interest attributable to the partner is—

(i) if he is a corresponding partner in relation to only one relevant owner, the proportion (if any) of the chargeable interest apportioned to him (at Step Three) in respect of that owner;

(ii) if he is a corresponding partner in relation to more than one relevant owner, the sum of the proportions (if any) of the chargeable interest apportioned to him (at Step Three) in respect of each of those owners.

Step Five

Add together the lower proportions of each person who is a corresponding partner in relation to one or more relevant owners.

The result is the sum of the lower proportions.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph persons who are entitled to a chargeable interest as beneficial joint tenants (or, in Scotland, as joint owners) shall be taken to be entitled to the chargeable interest as beneficial tenants in common (or, in Scotland, as owners in common) in equal shares.

[F4 (3) For the purpose of paragraph (b) of Step 2 a company is to be treated as an individual connected with the relevant owner in so far as it—

(a) holds property as trustee, and

(b) is connected with the relevant owner only because of section 839(3) of the Taxes Act 1988.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 15 Pt. 3 substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 41 para. 3 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 41 para. 1

F2 Words in Sch. 15 para. 12(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 72(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 72(3)(a) (with s. 72(2)(16)(17))

F3 Words in Sch. 15 para. 12(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 72(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 72(3)(b) (with s. 72(2)(16)(17))

F4 Sch. 15 para. 12(3) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 72(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 72(4) (with s. 72(2)(16)(17))