Finance Act 2003 (c. 14)

Part 4 U.K. Stamp duty land tax

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 construed as one with S.I. 2006/575, reg. 43 (6.4.2006) by The Pension Protection Fund (Tax) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/575), regs. 1, 43(4)

C2 Pt. 4 modified (coming into force at 2 p.m. on 6.12.2006) by The Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of the Finance Act 2003) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/3237), regs. 1, 2, Sch.

C3 Pt. 4 modified (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 194(8)-(12)

C4 Pt. 4 applied (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), ss. 223(8)(9)(d)

Returns and other administrative matters U.K.

[F1 81A Return or further return in consequence of later linked transaction U.K.

(1) Where the effect of a transaction (“the later transaction”) that is linked to an earlier transaction is that the earlier transaction becomes notifiable, or that additional tax is payable in respect of the earlier transaction or that tax is payable in respect of the earlier transaction where none was payable before [F2 (calculated in either case according to the effective date of the earlier transaction)] —

(a) the purchaser under the earlier transaction must deliver a return or further return in respect of that transaction before the end of the period of 30 days after the effective date of the later transaction,

(b) the return must include a self-assessment of the amount of tax chargeable as a result of the later transaction,

F3 (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .and

[F4 (d) the tax or additional tax payable must be paid not later than the filing date for the return.]

(2) The provisions of Schedule 10 (returns, enquiries, assessments and other matters) apply to a return under this section as they apply to a return under section 76 (general requirement to deliver land transaction return), with the following adaptations—

(a) in paragraph 5 (formal notice to deliver return), the requirement in sub-paragraph (2)(a) that the notice specify the transaction to which it relates shall be read as requiring both the earlier and later transactions to be specified;

(b) references to the effective date of the transaction to which the return relates shall be read as references to the effective date of the later transaction.

(3) This section does not affect any requirement to make a return under section 76 in respect of the later transaction.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 81A inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 26 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 39 para. 19(1) (which amending provision re-enacts, subject to certain changes, a corresponding amendment made by the now revoked Stamp Duty and Stamp Duty Land Tax (Variation of the Finance Act 2003) (No. 2) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/2816), see Sch. 39 para. 14)

F2 Words in s. 81A(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 2(2) of the amending Act) by Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015 (c. 1), Sch. para. 6(a) (with s. 2(3)-(6))

F3 S. 81A(1)(c) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 2(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Stamp Duty Land Tax Act 2015 (c. 1), Sch. para. 6(b) (with s. 2(3)-(6))

F4 S. 81A(1)(d) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 80(9) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), s. 80(5)