Part 16Income Tax Acts definitions etc

Chapter 2Other Income Tax Acts provisions

1011References to married persons, or civil partners, living together

Individuals who are married to, or are civil partners of, each other are treated for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts as living together unless—

a

they are separated under an order of a court of competent jurisdiction,

b

they are separated by deed of separation, or

c

they are in fact separated in circumstances in which the separation is likely to be permanent.