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Dower and Dower Revenue and Customs: FTTTx 27 May 2022

STAMP DUTY LAND TAX – Multiple Dwellings Relief – para 7(2)(b) Schedule 6B Finance Act 2003 – whether ‘self-contained’ annexe ‘suitable for use as a single dwelling’ – lack of proper kitchen facilities – planning consent with covenant extant that annexe only be used as ‘ancillary’ accommodation – whether actual Airbnb usage means the statutory test met; no – the meaning of ‘dwelling’ in the SDLT context considered – Airbnb users not occupants generally where ‘dwelling’ connotes a residential abode suitable for use with a degree of settled permanence – the significance of no separate postal address or council tax account – appeal dismissed

Citations:

[2022] UKFTT 170 (TC)

Links:

Bailii

Jurisdiction:

England and Wales

Stamp Duty

Updated: 09 July 2022; Ref: scu.678620

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