SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Disposals of UK residential property interests by non-residents etc

PART 2Other amendments

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After section 7 insert—

7ADisregard of certain NRCGT gains for purposes of section 7

1

This section applies where—

a

a person (“P”) is the taxable person in relation to an NRCGT return relating to a tax year (“year X”) which is made and delivered to an officer of Revenue and Customs before the end of the notification period and contains an advance self-assessment,

b

the return is in respect of a non-resident CGT disposal on which an NRCGT gain accrues, and

c

P would (apart from this section) be required to give a notice under section 7 with respect to year X.

2

For the purpose of determining whether or not P is required to give such a notice (and only for that purpose), P is regarded as not being chargeable to capital gains tax in respect of the NRCGT gain mentioned in subsection (1)(b).

3

The reference in subsection (1) to the tax year to which an NRCGT return “relates” is to be interpreted in accordance with section 12ZB(7).

4

In this section—

  • advance self-assessment” has the meaning given by section 12ZE(1);

  • the notification period” has the meaning given by section 7(1C);

  • the “taxable person”, in relation to a non-resident CGT disposal, means the person who would be chargeable to capital gains tax in respect of any chargeable NRCGT gain accruing on the disposal (were such a gain to accrue).

5

See—

  • section 14B of the 1992 Act for the meaning of “non-resident CGT disposal”;

  • section 57B of, and Schedule 4ZZB to, the 1992 Act for the meaning of “NRCGT gain”.