Capital gains tax
4(1)Where in the case of any taxpayer—
(a)there is a relevant gain for the year 1993-94,
(b)the relevant gain exceeds the exempt amount for that year, and
(c)there are indexation losses in respect of any disposals made in that year,
then, for the purposes of the 1992 Act, the amount by which the total amount of chargeable gains accruing to the taxpayer in that year exceeds the allowable losses accruing in the year shall be reduced by the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, and shall be so reduced before the deduction of any allowable losses carried forward from any previous year or carried back under section 62 from any subsequent year.
(2)The amount referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is so much of the total of indexation losses in respect of disposals made in that year as does not exceed—
(a)£10,000, or
(b)the amount by which the relevant gain exceeds the exempt amount for the year,
whichever is the smaller.
5(1)Where in the case of any taxpayer—
(a)there is a relevant gain for the year 1994-95,
(b)the relevant gain exceeds the exempt amount for that year, and
(c)there are indexation losses in respect of any disposals made in that year or unused indexation losses for the previous year,
then, for the purposes of the 1992 Act, the amount by which the total amount of chargeable gains accruing to the taxpayer in the year 1994-95 exceeds the allowable losses accruing in that year shall be reduced by the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) below, and shall be so reduced before the deduction of any allowable losses carried forward from any previous year or carried back under section 62 from any subsequent year.
(2)The amount referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above is so much of the total of indexation losses in respect of disposals made in the year 1994-95, plus any unused indexation losses for the previous year, as does not exceed—
(a)£10,000 less the aggregate of—
(i)the amount of any reduction made under paragraph 4(1) above for the previous year, and
(ii)any increase made under paragraph 6(2) below for the previous year, or
(b)the amount by which the relevant gain exceeds the exempt amount for the year 1994-95,
whichever is the smaller.
(3)For the purposes of this paragraph, if the total amount of indexation losses in respect of disposals made by the taxpayer in the year 1993-94 exceeds the aggregate of—
(a)the amount of any reduction made under paragraph 4(1) above for that year, and
(b)any increase made under paragraph 6(2) below for that year,
there are unused indexation losses for that year of an amount equal to the excess.