Finance Act 2003

7 (1) Where the responsible partners are liable— U.K.

(a) to make a payment of tax or to interest on unpaid tax,

(b) to make a payment in accordance with an assessment under paragraph 29 of Schedule 10 (recovery of excessive repayment), or

(c) to a penalty under this Part of this Act or to interest on such a penalty,

the liability is a joint and several liability of those partners.

[F1 (1A) No amount may be recovered by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(a) or (b) from a person who did not become a responsible partner until after the effective date of the transaction in respect of which the tax is payable.]

(2) No amount may be recovered by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c) from a person who did not become a responsible partner until after the relevant time.

(3) The relevant time for this purpose is—

(a) in relation to so much of a penalty as is payable in respect of any day, or to interest on so much of a penalty as is so payable, the beginning of that day;

(b) in relation to any other penalty, or interest on such a penalty, the time when the act or omission occurred that caused the penalty to become payable.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 15 para. 7(1A) inserted (22.7.2004) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 305