Section 77.
1U.K.In section 257A(6) of the Taxes Act 1988 (relief confined to one deduction), for “deduction” there shall be substituted “ income tax reduction ”.
2(1)In subsections (1) and (2) of section 257BA of that Act (elections as to transfer of relief under section 257A)—U.K.
(a)for the words “to deduct from her total income”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted “ to an income tax reduction calculated by reference to ”; and
(b)for the words “that he is entitled to deduct under section 257A”, in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted “ by reference to which the calculation of the income tax reduction to which he is entitled under section 257A is to be made ”.
(2)In subsection (3) of that section—
(a)for “to deduct from his total income” there shall be substituted “ to an income tax reduction calculated by reference to ”;
(b)for “the amount, if any, that he is already entitled to deduct” there shall be substituted “ any income tax reduction to which he is already entitled ”; and
(c)for “that she is entitled to deduct by virtue of that election” there shall be substituted “ by reference to which the calculation of the income tax reduction to which she is entitled by virtue of that election is to be made ”.
(3)Any election made for the purposes of section 257BA of the Taxes Act 1988 which—
(a)has been made before the coming into force of this paragraph, and
(b)apart from this paragraph, would have effect in accordance with that section for the year 1994-95 or any subsequent year,
shall so have effect as if it were an election for the purposes of that section as amended by this paragraph.
3(1)In subsection (1) of section 257BB of that Act (transfer of relief where it is not all used), for paragraph (b) and the words after that paragraph there shall be substituted—U.K.
“(b)the amount of the reduction to which he is entitled is determined in accordance with section 256(2)(b) or, by virtue of his having no income tax liability to which that reduction is applicable, is nil,
his wife shall be entitled (in addition to any reduction to which she is entitled by virtue of an election under section 257BA) to an income tax reduction calculated by reference to an amount equal to the unused part of the amount by reference to which her husband’s income tax reduction fell to be calculated in pursuance of section 257A and any election under section 257BA. ”
(2)In subsection (3) of that section, for paragraph (b) and the words after that paragraph there shall be substituted—
“(b)the amount of the reduction to which she is entitled is determined in accordance with section 256(2)(b) or, by virtue of her having no income tax liability to which that reduction is applicable, is nil,
her husband shall be entitled (in addition to any other reduction to which he is entitled by virtue of section 257A) to an income tax reduction calculated by reference to an amount equal to the unused part of the amount by reference to which his wife’s income tax reduction fell to be calculated in pursuance of that election. ”
(3)After that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(3A)In this section references, in relation to such an amount as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) or (3)(b), to the unused part of an amount by reference to which any income tax reduction fell to be calculated are references to so much of it (including, where the amount so mentioned is nil, all of it) as has no practical effect on the determination of the amount so mentioned.”
(4)Subsection (6) of that section (calculation of amount left after deductions of a person’s total income) shall cease to have effect.
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 8 para. 4 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Note 2 to Sch. 20 Pt. III(3) of the repealing Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. III(3)
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F2Sch 8 para. 5 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Note 2 to Sch. 20 Pt. III(3) of the repealing Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. III(3)
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 8 para. 6 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in the Note to Sch. 20 Pt. III(4) of the repealing Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. III(4)
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 8 para. 7 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in the Note to Sch. 20 Pt. III(4) of the repealing Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. III(4) Note
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Textual Amendments
F5Sch. 8 para. 8 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in the Note to Sch. 20 Pt. III(4) of the repealing Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. III(4)
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Textual Amendments
F6Sch. 8 para. 9 repealed (27.7.1999 with effect as mentioned in Note 2 to Sch. 20 Pt. III(5) of the repealing Act) by 1999 c. 16, s. 139, Sch. 20 Pt. III(5)
10U.K.In section 265(3)(b) of that Act (blind person’s allowance), the words from “section 257A” to “or under” shall be omitted.
11U.K.In section 276 of that Act (effect of relief on charges on income), after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A)In subsection (1) above the references to relief under this Chapter do not include references to relief consisting in such an income tax reduction as is mentioned in section 256(2).”
12U.K.In section 796(1) of that Act (limits on credit for foreign tax), after the words “foreign tax”, in the second place where they occur, there shall be inserted “ but allowing for the making of any other income tax reduction under the Income Tax Acts ”.
13U.K.In section 37A of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (effect of assessment where allowances transferred)—
(a)after the word “person’s”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “ liability to income tax or ”;
(b)for the words from “any deduction made” to “spouse” there shall be substituted “ any income tax reduction or deduction from total income made in the case of that person’s spouse ”; and
(c)for the words from “and where” onwards there shall be substituted “ and the entitlement in that case of the first-mentioned person for the year in question to any income tax reduction or deduction from total income shall be treated as correspondingly reduced. ”