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399A Property partnerships: restriction of relief for investment loan interest

(1) This section applies to interest on a loan within section 398 if— (a) the partnership concerned carries on a property business, and (b) that property business or part of it is carried on for the purpose of generating income from— (i) land consisting of a dwelling-house or part of a dwelling-house, or (ii) an estate, interest or right in or over land within sub-paragraph (i). (2) Subsections (3) to (6) have effect to restrict relief under section 383(1) for so much of the interest as is referable (on a just and reasonable apportionment) to the property business or (as the case may be) the part of it within subsection (1)(b). (3) For the tax year 2017-18, the amount of that relief is 75% of what would be given apart from this section. (4) For the tax year 2018-19, the amount of that relief is 50% of what would be given apart from this section. (5) For the tax year 2019-20, the amount of that relief is 25% of what would be given apart from this section. (6) For the tax year 2020-21 and subsequent tax years, that interest is not eligible for relief under this Chapter. (7) Section 399(4) is to be applied in relation to the tax year to which subsection (3), (4) or (5) applies before that subsection is applied in relation to that tax year. (8) Anything that in the course of a property business is done for creating (by construction or adaptation) a dwelling-house, or part of a dwelling-house, from which income is to be generated is, for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), to be treated as done for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b). (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) A reference in this section to a “dwelling-house” includes any land occupied or enjoyed with it as its garden or grounds. (11) In this section “property business” means a UK property business or an overseas property business.

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399A Property partnerships: restriction of relief for investment loan interest

(1) This section applies to interest on a loan within section 398 if— (a) the partnership concerned carries on a property business, and (b) that property business or part of it is carried on for the purpose of generating income from— (i) land consisting of a dwelling-house or part of a dwelling-house, or (ii) an estate, interest or right in or over land within sub-paragraph (i). (2) Subsections (3) to (6) have effect to restrict relief under section 383(1) for so much of the interest as is referable (on a just and reasonable apportionment) to the property business or (as the case may be) the part of it within subsection (1)(b). (3) For the tax year 2017-18, the amount of that relief is 75% of what would be given apart from this section. (4) For the tax year 2018-19, the amount of that relief is 50% of what would be given apart from this section. (5) For the tax year 2019-20, the amount of that relief is 25% of what would be given apart from this section. (6) For the tax year 2020-21 and subsequent tax years, that interest is not eligible for relief under this Chapter. (7) Section 399(4) is to be applied in relation to the tax year to which subsection (3), (4) or (5) applies before that subsection is applied in relation to that tax year. (8) Anything that in the course of a property business is done for creating (by construction or adaptation) a dwelling-house, or part of a dwelling-house, from which income is to be generated is, for the purposes of subsection (1)(b), to be treated as done for the purpose mentioned in subsection (1)(b). (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) A reference in this section to a “dwelling-house” includes any land occupied or enjoyed with it as its garden or grounds. (11) In this section “property business” means a UK property business or an overseas property business.

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