Statutory Instruments
TAXES
Made
6th April 2005
Laid before House of Commons
6th April 2005
Coming into force
7th April 2005
The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by section 312(5)(c) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005(1) make the following Regulations:
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Energy-Saving Items Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 7th April 2005.
(2) They shall have effect in relation to expenditure incurred on or after 7th April 2005.
2. For the purposes of section 312(5)(c) of the Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (deduction for expenditure on energy-saving items), solid wall insulation is specified as an item of an energy-saving nature.
Jim Murphy
John Heppell
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
6th April 2005
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
The Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005 (c. 5) (“the Act”) rewrites income tax legislation relating to trading, property and investment income as part of the Tax Law Rewrite Project.
Section 312 of the Act provides a deduction for expenditure on certain energy-saving items installed in let residential properties. Section 312(5) of the Act states that cavity wall insulation and loft wall insulation are energy-saving items. Sub-paragraph (c) gives the Treasury a power to specify other descriptions of items as being of an energy-saving nature.
Regulation 1 provides for citation, commencement and effect.
Regulation 2 specifies solid wall insulation as an item of an energy-saving nature.
These Regulations do not impose any new costs on business.