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Finance Act 2003, Cross Heading: Agreement for lease is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 29 January 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

[F1Agreement for leaseU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 17A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 26 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 39 para. 22(2) (which amending provision re-enacts, subject to certain changes, a corresponding amendment made by the now revoked Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of the Finance Act 2003) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2816), see Sch. 39 para. 14) (with Sch. 39 paras. 11, 13(5))

12A(1)This paragraph applies where F2...—U.K.

(a)an agreement for a lease is entered into, and

(b)the agreement is substantially performed without having been completed.

(2)The agreement is treated as if it were the grant of a lease in accordance with the agreement (“the notional lease”), beginning with the date of substantial performance.

The effective date of the transaction is that date.

[F3(3)Where a lease (“the actual lease”) is subsequently granted in pursuance of the agreement, the notional lease is to be treated for the purposes of this Part as if it were a lease granted—

(a)on the date the agreement was substantially performed,

(b)for a term which begins with that date and ends at the end of the term of the actual lease, and

(c)in consideration of the total rent payable over that term and any other consideration given for the notional lease or the actual lease.

(3A)Where sub-paragraph (3) applies the grant of the actual lease is disregarded for the purposes of this Part except section 81A (return or further return in consequence of later linked transaction).

(3B)For the purposes of section 81A—

(a)the grant of the notional lease and the grant of the actual lease are linked (whether or not they would be linked by virtue of section 108),

(b)the lessee under the actual lease (rather than the lessee under the notional lease) is liable for any tax or additional tax payable in respect of the notional lease as a result of sub-paragraph (3), and

(c)the reference in section 81A(1)(a) to “the purchaser under the earlier transaction” is to be read, in relation to the notional lease, as a reference to the lessee under the actual lease.]

(4)Where sub-paragraph (1) applies and the agreement is (to any extent) afterwards rescinded or annulled, or is for any other reason not carried into effect, the tax paid by virtue of that sub-paragraph shall (to that extent) be repaid by the Inland Revenue.

Repayment must be claimed by amendment of the land transaction return made in respect of the agreement.

(5)In this paragraph “substantially performed” and “completed” have the same meanings as in section 44 (contract and conveyance).]

Textual Amendments

F2Words in Sch. 17A para. 12A(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 29(4) of the amending Act) by virtue of Scotland Act 2012 (c. 11), s. 44(2)(b)(3)(b), Sch. 3 para. 27(6) (with s. 29(5)(6)); S.I. 2015/637, art. 2

F3Sch. 17A para. 12A(3)-(3B) substituted for Sch. 17A para. 12A(3) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 41 para. 8(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 41 para. 6(2)

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