Finance Act 2003

Part 2 E+W+S+N.I. Ordinary partnership transactions

Introduction E+W+S+N.I.

5 (1) This Part of this Schedule applies to transactions entered into as purchaser by or on behalf of the members of a partnership, other than transactions within Part 3 of this Schedule (transactions excluded from stamp duty land tax). E+W+S+N.I.

Responsibility of partners E+W+S+N.I.

6 (1) Anything required or authorised to be done under this Part of this Act by or in relation to the purchaser under the transaction is required or authorised to be done by or in relation to all the responsible partners. E+W+S+N.I.

(2) The responsible partners in relation to a transaction are—

(a) the persons who are partners at the effective date of the transaction, and

(b) any person who becomes a member of the partnership after the effective date of the transaction.

(3) This paragraph has effect subject to paragraph 8 (representative partners).

Joint and several liability of responsible partners E+W+S+N.I.

7 (1) Where the responsible partners are liable— E+W+S+N.I.

(a) to make a payment of tax or to interest on unpaid tax,

(b) to make a payment in accordance with an assessment under paragraph 29 of Schedule 10 (recovery of excessive repayment), or

(c) to a penalty under this Part of this Act or to interest on such a penalty,

the liability is a joint and several liability of those partners.

(2) No amount may be recovered by virtue of sub-paragraph (1)(c) from a person who did not become a responsible partner until after the relevant time.

(3) The relevant time for this purpose is—

(a) in relation to so much of a penalty as is payable in respect of any day, or to interest on so much of a penalty as is so payable, the beginning of that day;

(b) in relation to any other penalty, or interest on such a penalty, the time when the act or omission occurred that caused the penalty to become payable.

Representative partners E+W+S+N.I.

8 (1) Anything required or authorised to be done by or in relation to the responsible partners may instead be done by or in relation to any representative partner or partners. E+W+S+N.I.

(2) This includes making the declaration required by paragraph 1(1)(c) of Schedule 10 or paragraph 2(1)(c) of Schedule 11 (declaration that return or self-certificate is complete and correct).

(3) A representative partner means a partner nominated by a majority of the partners to act as the representative of the partnership for the purposes of this Part of this Act.

(4) Any such nomination, or the revocation of such a nomination, has effect only after notice of the nomination, or revocation, has been given to the Inland Revenue.