568 Liability of trustees, etc.

[CGTA75 s51(1) and Sch4 par12]

(1) Capital gains tax chargeable in respect of chargeable gains accruing to the trustees of a settlement or capital gains tax due from the personal representatives of a deceased person may be assessed and charged on and in the name of one or more of those trustees or personal representatives.

(2) Subject to section 567(2), chargeable gains accruing to the trustees of a settlement or to the personal representatives of a deceased person, and capital gains tax chargeable on or in the name of such trustees or personal representatives, shall not be regarded for the purposes of the Capital Gains Tax Acts as accruing to or chargeable on any other person, nor shall any trustee or personal representative be regarded for the purposes of those Acts as an individual.