Income Tax Act 2007

62 (1) Amend section 353 (relief for payments of interest: general) as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) omit “sections 359 to 368 of this Act and”, and

(b) for “sections 359 to 365” substitute “ section 365 ”.

(3) For subsection (1A) substitute—

“(1A) Where a person is entitled for a year of assessment to relief under this section in respect of an amount of interest which is eligible for relief by virtue of section 365, the relief is given as a tax reduction for that tax year.

(1AA) The amount of the tax reduction is 23% of the amount of the interest.

(1AB) The tax reduction is given effect at Step 6 of the calculation in section 23 of ITA 2007.”

(4) Omit subsection (1B).

(5) In subsection (1E)—

(a) omit “under this section”,

(b) for “subsection (1B) above” substitute “ section 383 of ITA 2007 (relief for interest payments) ”,

(c) for “those subsections” substitute “ those provisions ”, and

(d) for the words from “and subsection (1A) or (1B)” to the end substitute “ and subsection (1A) above or section 383 of ITA 2007 shall apply accordingly to the case in which that subsection or section applies ”.

(6) Omit subsections (1F) to (1H).