Section 148: Farmhouses

Finance Act 2013 · 2013 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Annual tax on enveloped dwellings

This section applies where on a day in a chargeable period—

a dwelling ("the farmhouse") forms part of land occupied for the purposes of a qualifying trade of farming, and
a person carrying on the trade is entitled to, or connected with a person who is entitled to, a single-dwelling interest in the farmhouse.

That day is relievable in relation to the single-dwelling interest if on that day the farmhouse is occupied—

by a farm worker who occupies it for the purposes of the trade, or
by a former long-serving farm worker, or the surviving spouse or civil partner of a former farm worker.

A trade of farming is a "qualifying trade of farming" only if it is carried on—

on a commercial basis, and
with a view to profit.

In this section—

  • "farming" has the same meaning as in the Corporation Tax Acts (see section 1125 of CTA 2010), except that in this section "farming" includes market gardening;

  • "market gardening" has the same meaning as in the Corporation Tax Acts (see section 1125(5) of CTA 2010).

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