SDLTM24500 - Reliefs: Incorporation of limited liability partnerships
General overview FA03/S65
Where the following three conditions are met, relief from Stamp Duty Land Tax may be claimed on a land transaction which transfers a chargeable interest from a person (the transferor) to a limited liability partnership in connection with its incorporation.
A limited liability partnership means one formed under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2000 or the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Northern Ireland) 2002.
The three conditions are that
- the effective date of the land transaction is within the period of one year from the date of incorporation of the limited liability partnership
- at the relevant time the transferor - is a partner in a partnership comprised of all the persons who are (or are to be) members of the limited liability partnership (and no-one else) or
- holds the chargeable interest transferred as nominee or bare trustee for one or more or the partners in such a partnership - any differences in the proportions of the interest held by the partners berfore and after the transaction have not arisen as part of a scheme or arrangement the main purpose (or one of the main purposes) of which, is the avoidance of liability to any duty or tax
Relevant time means
- if the transferor acquired the chargeable interest after the partnership was incorporated, the time immediately after they acquired that chargeable interest
- otherwise, immediately before the partnership was incorporated