Section 103B — Income Tax Act 2007: Meaning of “non-active partner” etc

Meaning of “non-active partner” etc 103B 1 For the purposes of this Chapter an individual carries on a trade as a non-active partner during a tax year if the individual—

a carries on the trade as a partner in a firm at a time during the year, b does not carry on the trade as a limited partner at any time during the year, and c does not devote a significant amount of time to the trade in the relevant period for the year.

2 For the purposes of this Chapter an individual devotes a significant amount of time to a trade in the relevant period for a tax year if, in that period, the individual spends an average of at least 10 hours a week personally engaged in activities of the trade and those activities are carried on—

a on a commercial basis, and b with a view to the realisation of profits as a result of the activities.

3 For this purpose “ the relevant period ” means—

a where the individual first started to carry on the trade less than six months before the end of the tax year, the period of six months beginning with the date on which the individual first started to carry on the trade;

b where the individual permanently ceased to carry on the trade less than six months after the start of the tax year, the period of six months ending with the date on which the individual permanently ceased to carry on the trade;

c in any other case, the tax year. 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

5 If—

a any relief is given on the assumption that the individual devoted or will devote a significant amount of time to the trade in the relevant period for a tax year, but b the individual in fact failed or fails to do so, the relief is withdrawn by the making of an assessment to income tax under this section.