SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 16Stamp duty land tax: trusts and powers
Responsibility of trustees of settlement
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1
Where the trustees of a settlement are liable—
a
to make a payment of tax or 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 or to interest on such a penalty,
the payment, penalty or interest may be recovered (but only once) from any one or more of the responsible trustees.
2
No amount may be recovered by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c) from a person who did not become a responsible trustee until after the relevant time.
3
The responsible trustees, in relation to a land transaction, are the persons who are trustees at the effective date of the transaction and any person who subsequently becomes a trustee.
4
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.