SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 39Stamp duty land tax and stamp duty

Part 1Amendments to Part 4 of the Finance Act 2003: general

Provisions relating to leases

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In Schedule 5 (amount of tax chargeable: rent), after paragraph 1 insert—

“Amounts payable in respect of periods before grant of lease

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For the purposes of this Part “rent” does not include any chargeable consideration for the grant of a lease that is payable in respect of a period before the grant of the lease.”