Finance Act 2003 (c. 14)

SCHEDULES

[F1 SCHEDULE 4ZA U.K. Stamp duty land tax: higher rates for additional dwellings and dwellings purchased by companies

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 4ZA inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 128(5)(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 128(3) (with s. 128(9)(10))

PART 3 U.K. Supplementary provisions

Spouses and civil partners purchasing alone U.K.

9 (1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies in relation to a chargeable transaction if— U.K.

(a) the purchaser (or one of them) is married or in a civil partnership on the effective date,

(b) the purchaser and the purchaser's spouse or civil partner are living together on that date, and

(c) the purchaser's spouse or civil partner is not a purchaser in relation to the transaction.

(2) The transaction is to be treated as being a higher rates transaction for the purposes of paragraph 1 if it would have been a higher rates transaction had the purchaser's spouse or civil partner been a purchaser.

(3) Persons who are married to, or are civil partners of, each other are treated as living together for the purposes of this [F2 Schedule] if they are so treated for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts (see section 1011 of the Income Tax Act 2007).]

Textual Amendments

F2 Word in Sch. 4ZA para. 9(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 11 para. 16(1)-(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 11 para. 11