F1PART 9ATransactions in UK land
Other supplementary provisions
517NTracing value
1
This section applies if it is necessary to determine the extent to which the value of any property or right is derived from any other property or right for the purposes of this Part.
2
Value may be traced through any number of companies, partnerships, trusts and other entities or arrangements.
3
The property held by a company, partnership or trust must be attributed to the shareholders, partners, beneficiaries or other participants at each stage in whatever way is appropriate in the circumstances.
4
In this section—
“partnership” includes an entity established under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom of a similar nature to a partnership; and “partners”, in relation to such arrangements, is to be construed accordingly;
“trust” includes arrangements—
- a
which have effect under the law of a country or territory outside the United Kingdom; and
- b
under which persons acting in a fiduciary capacity hold and administer property on behalf of other persons,
and “beneficiaries”, in relation to such arrangements, is to be construed accordingly.
- a
517ORelevance of transactions, arrangements, etc
1
In determining whether section 517C(1) or 517E(1) applies, account is to be taken of any method, however indirect, by which—
a
any property or right is transferred or transmitted, or
b
the value of any property or right is enhanced or diminished.
2
Accordingly—
a
the occasion of the transfer or transmission of any property or right, however indirect, and
b
the occasion when the value of any property or right is enhanced,
may be an occasion on which section 517C(1) or 517E(1) applies.
3
Subsections (1) and (2) apply in particular—
a
to sales, contracts and other transactions made otherwise than for full consideration or for more than full consideration,
b
to any method by which any property or right, or the control of any property or right, is transferred or transmitted by assigning—
i
share capital or other rights in a company,
ii
rights in a partnership, or
iii
an interest in settled property,
c
to the creation of an option affecting the disposition of any property or right and the giving of consideration for granting it,
d
to the creation of a requirement for consent affecting such a disposition and the giving of consideration for granting it,
e
to the creation of an embargo affecting such a disposition and the giving of consideration for releasing it, and
f
to the disposal of any property or right on the winding up, dissolution or termination of a company, partnership or trust.
Pt. 9A inserted (with effect in relation to disposals on or after 5.7.2016) by Finance Act 2016 (c. 24), s. 79(1), 82(1) (with s. 82(2)-(15)); which insertion also has effect so far as it would not otherwise have effect in accordance with Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), s. 39(1)(2)