Finance Act 2008

Amendment of section 5 (supply of services) of Principal Act.

89.— With effect from 1 July 2008 section 5 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (3)(a) by inserting “other than immovable goods” after “the use of goods”, and

(b) by inserting the following after subsection (3A):

“(3B) The use of immovable goods forming part of the assets of a business—

(a) for the private use of an accountable person or of such person’s staff, or

(b) for any purpose other than those of the accountable person’s business,

is a taxable supply of services if—

(i) that use occurs during a period of 20 years following the acquisition or development of those goods by the accountable person, and

(ii) those goods are treated for tax purposes as forming part of the assets of the business at the time of their acquisition or development.”.