Finance Act 1988

74 Payments on termination of office or employment etc.U.K.

(1)In section 188(4) of the Taxes Act 1988 (tax not chargeable by virtue of section 148 of that Act in respect of the first £25,000 of a payment on termination of office or employment etc.) for “£25,000” there shall be substituted “£30,000”.

(2)Paragraphs 4 to 7 of Schedule 11 to that Act (relief by reduction of tax on next £50,000 of such a payment) shall cease to have effect.

(3)This section shall apply to any payment treated by section 148(4) of that Act as income received on 6th April 1988 or any later date, unless a notice is given in relation to it in accordance with paragraph 12 of that Schedule (payments in pursuance of pre-10th March 1981 obligations).