The pre-owned assets regime - I

McCutcheon, B.

The pre-owned assets regime - I - 2004 - Taxation 153(3975) 16 September 2004, 626-629(4) .

This article provides an explanation of the new pre-owned asset rules. Schedule 15 of the Finance Act 2004 has introduced a new charging regime under which individuals in the UK will, from 6 April 2005, be charged income tax on an annual basis regarding benefits from certain kinds of property. Either property owned by others which the individual previously owned, or the acquisition of which they financed. The broad structure of the regime is to establish a separate charging system for three different types of property: land, chattels and intangible property held in a settler-interested settlement. The article discusses these areas in further detail.


FINANCE ACT 2004 SCHED 15
FINANCE ACT 1986
CHATTELS
LAND
INTANGIBLE PROPERTY
CHARGING CODES
OWNERSHIP EXEMPTION