SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 U.K. Stamp duty land tax: chargeable consideration

[F1 Purchaser bearing capital gains tax liability U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4 paras. 16A-16C inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Amendment to the Finance Act 2003) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/875), regs. 1(1), 3

16B (1) Where— U.K.

(a) there is a land transaction under which the chargeable interest in question—

(i) is acquired otherwise than by a bargain made at arm’s length, or

(ii) is treated by section 18 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (connected persons) as so acquired,

and

(b) the purchaser is or becomes liable to pay, or does in fact pay, any capital gains tax due in respect of the corresponding disposal of the chargeable interest,

his liability or payment does not count as chargeable consideration for the transaction.

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply if there is chargeable consideration for the transaction (disregarding the liability or payment referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(b)).]