17Insurance premium tax: standard rate
(1)In section 51(2)(b) of FA 1994 (standard rate of insurance premium tax), for “10 per cent” substitute “12 per cent”.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), the amendment made by subsection (1) has effect in relation to a premium falling to be regarded for the purposes of Part 3 of FA 1994 as received under a taxable insurance contract by an insurer on or after 1 June 2017.
(3)That amendment does not have effect in relation to a premium falling within subsection (4), unless the premium falls to be regarded for the purposes of Part 3 of FA 1994 as received under a taxable insurance contract by an insurer on or after 1 June 2018.
(4)A premium falls within this subsection if it is in respect of a risk for which the period of cover begins before 1 June 2017.
(5)In the application of sections 66A and 66B of FA 1994 (anti-forestalling provision) in relation to the increase in insurance premium tax made by this section, the announcement relating to that increase is to be taken to have been made on 8 March 2017 (and “the change date” is to be taken to be 1 June 2017).
(6)This section is to be read with section 66C of FA 1994 (premiums relating to more than one period of cover).