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529APartnerships.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, where a professional service is provided in the conduct of a partnership trade or profession then, for the purposes of this Chapter, an accountable person may make a relevant payment (including a payment to which section 522 applies) in relation to that service in the name of the partnership.

(2) Where a relevant payment (including a payment to which section 522 applies) is in relation to a professional service that is provided in the conduct of a partnership trade or profession, then for the purposes of sections 520(2), 526 and 527—

(a) the relevant payment shall be deemed to have been made to each person who is a partner in the partnership in the proportion in which profits or gains of the partnership trade or profession for the chargeable period involved are to be apportioned amongst the partners, and

(b) appropriate tax deducted from the relevant payment shall be apportioned solely between the partners and in the same proportion referred to in paragraph (a).

(3) Where an apportionment as referred to in subsection (2) applies to a relevant payment and to the appropriate tax deducted from that payment, the precedent partner shall, for the purposes of sections 526 and 527, provide details of the apportionment that applies to the payment and the appropriate tax deducted, and the basis for that apportionment, in a statement issued to each partner in the partnership, together with a copy of the form given to the precedent partner by the accountable person in accordance with section 524(2).

(4) The statement referred to in subsection (3) may be issued in writing or by electronic means (within the meaning of section 917EA) and shall be in such form as may be approved by the Revenue Commissioners for that purpose.

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