Explanatory Notes

Finance Act 2013

2013 CHAPTER 29

17 July 2013

Introduction

Sections 94174, Schedules 33, 34, 35: Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings

Details of the Sections

Section 97 – Liability of persons jointly entitled

19.Subsection (1) sets out the application of subsection 2 where there are one or more joint owners with a company on the first day that it is chargeable in a chargeable period.

20.Subsection (2) states that the company and other person/persons are jointly and severally liable for the tax charged.

21.Subsections (3) and (4) say where a company is entitled to a single dwelling interest as a member of a partnership, and another person who is not a partner is jointly entitled to the single dwelling interest on the first day the responsible partners are chargeable, the person is jointly and severally liable for the tax.