PART 3

Annual tax on enveloped dwellings

The charge to tax

Collective investment schemes: liability for and collection of tax
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1
Subsection (2) applies where tax is charged for a chargeable period with respect to a single-dwelling interest by virtue of section 94(6).
2
The persons who are major participants in the scheme on the first day of the chargeable period on which the chargeable person is within the charge with respect to the interest are jointly and severally liable with the chargeable person for the tax charged.
3
Subsection (2) does not permit the recovery from a major participant of an amount exceeding the market value of the participant's holding in the scheme.
4
The reference in subsection (3) to a participant's holding in a collective investment scheme is to the interests or rights by virtue of which the participant takes part in the scheme.
5
Tax chargeable by virtue of section 94(6) may be recovered from the depositary (if any) of a collective investment scheme, but only up to the amount or value of any money or other property subject to the scheme that has been entrusted to the depositary for safekeeping.
6
The depositary—
a
may retain out of any money entrusted to it as mentioned in subsection (5) enough money to pay that tax, and
b
is entitled to be fully reimbursed by the participants in the scheme (by that method or another) for amounts recovered under subsection (5).
7
In this section—
a
“depositary”, in relation to a collective investment scheme (other than a unit trust scheme), has the meaning given by section 237(2) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000;
b
“major participant”, in relation to a collective investment scheme, is to be read in accordance with section 136(4);
c
“participant”, in relation to a collective investment scheme, is to be read in accordance with section 235 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.
8
For the purposes of this Part “market value” is to be determined as for the purposes of TCGA 1992 (see, particularly, section 272 of that Act).
Pt. 3 applied (17.7.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 223(8)(9)(e)
Pt. 3 modified (temp.) (11.7.2023) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2023 (c. 30), Sch. 24 para. 2