SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1U.K.Minor and consequential amendments

Part 1U.K.Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

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).