1992 No. 1338

INCOME TAX
INHERITANCE TAX
TAXES

The Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 1992

Made

Laid before the House of Commons

Coming into force

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 178 of the Finance Act 19891, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment No.2) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 6th June 1992.

Amendments to the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 19892

In regulation 5 of the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 19892—

a

for “6th March 1992” there shall be substituted

6th June 1992;

b

for “10.75 per cent. per annum” there shall be substituted

10.50 per cent. per annum.

Irvine PatnickTim WoodTwo of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend with effect from 6th June 1992 regulation 5 of the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1989 (S.I.1989/1297), as amended by the Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment) Regulations 1991 (S.I.1991/889), which specifies the official rate of interest for the purposes of section 160 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (taxation of beneficial loans made to employees). The official rate of interest also determines “the appropriate percentage” for the purposes of the additional charge to tax in respect of certain living accommodation provided for employees under section 146 of the 1988 Act.

The amendment made by these Regulations specifies a new official rate of interest (10.50 per cent. per annum) in substitution for the rate of 10.75 per cent. per annum specified by S.I.1992/265. Previous rates were specified by S.I.1989/1297 and S.I.1991/889, 1120, 1377, 1695 and 2070.