SCHEDULE 1Abolition of starting and savings rates and creation of starting rate for savings
Part 1Amendments of ITA 2007
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(1)
Section 21 (indexation of starting and basic rate limits) is amended as follows.
(2)
Omit subsection (2).
(3)
“(3A)
The starting rate limit for savings for the tax year is the amount found as follows.
Step 1
Increase the starting rate limit for savings for the previous tax year by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the retail prices index.
Step 2
If the result of Step 1 is a multiple of £10, it is the starting rate limit for savings for the tax year.
If the result of Step 1 is not a multiple of £10, round it up to the nearest amount which is a multiple of £10.
That amount is the starting rate limit for savings for the tax year.”
(4)
In subsection (4), for “(2) and (3)” substitute “
(3) and (3A)
”
.
(5)
In subsection (5)—
(a)
for “section 20” substitute “
sections 10 and 12
”
,
(b)
for “(2) and (3)” substitute “
(3) and (3A)
”
, and
(c)
for “starting rate limit and the basic rate limit” substitute “
basic rate limit and starting rate limit for savings
”
.
(6)
Accordingly, in the heading, for “starting rate limit and the basic rate limit” substitute “
basic rate limit and starting rate limit for savings
”
.