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Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

Section 417: Person liable

1686.This section states who is liable for any tax charged.

1687.Subsection (1) explains that it is the person to whom the loan or advance was made unless that person has died or the loan or advance was made to trustees of a trust which has come to an end (subsection (2)).

1688.There is no reference, here or in the source legislation, to the position where the burden of the debt has been passed to a third party. This is because it is not possible in law for a debtor to assign a debt. Any transfer of debt must be made by way of novation, which would involve the existing debtor being released from the debt and the new debtor taking on a new debt. In such a case, therefore, a charge to tax under section 421 of ICTA would arise on the release of the existing debtor. The interpretation is based on the cases of Collins v Addies and Greenfield v Bains (1992), 65 TC 190 CA(15).

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STC [1991] 445; STC [1992] 746

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