Summary
1.Sections 94 to 174 and Schedules 33 to 35 introduce a new tax called the annual tax on enveloped dwellings. This is chargeable on companies, collective investment schemes and partnerships with company members who hold UK residential dwellings valued at greater than £2 million on specified valuation dates. The measure takes effect from 1 April 2013. The annual tax is in most cases payable on or before 31 October 2013 for 2013/14, and on or before 30 April each year subsequently. If the payer is not chargeable for the full year, a repayment claim can be made. The section provides a number of reliefs against the tax for, amongst other things, residential dwellings that are leased out in a property rental business; held for sale in a property development or trading business; exploited in a trade of permitting the public to visit, stay in or otherwise enjoy the property; or provided for employees to use in the owner’s trade. There are also reliefs for charities and exemptions for public and national bodies and dwellings conditionally exempt from inheritance tax.
