In section 4 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (rates of capital gains tax), after subsection (3) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

“(3A)

Income chargeable to income tax at the lower rate in accordance with section 207A of the Taxes Act, and any income which would be chargeable in accordance with that section if it were not chargeable at the higher rate, shall be disregarded in determining for the purposes of subsections (1A) and (1B) above—

(a)

whether any individual has income for any year of assessment; or

(b)

an individual’s total income for any year of assessment.

(3B)

Where any amount on which an individual is chargeable for a year of assessment to capital gains tax at a rate equivalent to the lower rate is or includes an amount (“the amount of the lower rate gains”) on which he is so chargeable by virtue only of subsection (3A) above then—

(a)

for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts and this section, the amount (if any) of income comprised in the individual’s total income which is chargeable to income tax at the higher rate shall be determined as if the basic rate limit for that year were reduced in relation to that individual by the amount of the lower rate gains; and

(b)

the amount (if any) on which, but for this paragraph, the individual would be chargeable under subsection (2) above to capital gains tax at a rate equivalent to the higher rate shall be treated as reduced by the amount of the lower rate gains or, if the amount to be reduced is not more than the amount of those gains, to nil.”