The Income Tax (Interest on Unpaid Tax and Repayment Supplement) (No. 4) Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 2185

INCOME TAX

The Income Tax (Interest on Unpaid Tax and Repayment Supplement) (No. 4) Order 1988

Made

14th December 1988

Laid before the House of Commons

16th December 1988

Coming into force

6th January 1989

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 40(2) of the Finance Act 1967(1), by section 89(2) of the Taxes Management Act 1970(2)and by sections 824(6) and 825(5) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988(3), hereby make the following Order:

1.  This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Interest on Unpaid Tax and Repayment Supplement) (No. 4) Order 1988 and shall come into force on 6th January 1989.

2.  The prescribed rate of interest for the purposes of each of the provisions set out in the Table below shall be 11.5 per cent. per annum.

TABLE

Section 8 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1947(4)(unpaid profits tax, excess profits tax and excess profits levy)

Paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 7 to the Finance Act 1960(5)(unpaid profits tax recovered to make good loss due to taxpayer’s fault)

Sections 86(6), 86A(7), 87(8)and 88(9)of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (unpaid income tax, surtax, capital gains tax, corporation tax, including advance corporation tax, development land tax, and overpaid development land tax)

Paragraph 15(1) of Schedule 2 to the Oil Taxation Act 1975(10) (unpaid petroleum revenue tax)

3.  The prescribed rate of interest for the purposes of section 47(1) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1975(11) and sections 824(1) and 825(2) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (supplement in respect of repayments of certain taxes) shall be 11.5 per cent. per annum.

Tony Durant

David Maclean

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

14th December 1988

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

On and after 6th January 1989 this Order increases from 10.75 per cent. per annum to 11.5 per cent. per annum the rate of interest chargeable on unpaid income tax, surtax, capital gains tax, corporation tax (including advance corporation tax), development land tax, petroleum revenue tax, profits tax, excess profits tax, excess profits levy and on overpaid development land tax. The Order also provides that on and after 6th January 1989 supplement in respect of repayments of certain taxes will be at the rate of 11.5 per cent. per annum instead of 10.75 per cent. per annum.

(1)

1967 c. 54.

(2)

1970 c. 9; section 89 was modified by section 1 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to, the Oil Taxation Act 1975 (c. 22), extended by section 2(3) of the Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 (c. 1) and modified by section 12 of, and paragraphs 9(1) and 14(2) of Schedule 4 to, the Oil Taxation Act 1983 (c. 56) in relation to petroleum revenue tax. The section was applied and amended by section 41(1) of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 8 to, the Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24) in relation to development land tax. The Development Land Tax Act 1976 was repealed by section 98(6) of, and Part X of Schedule 27 to, the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54) in relation to any disposal of an interest in land on or after 19th March 1985. Section 89 was amended by section 89 of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1987 (c. 51).

(3)

1988 c. 1; sections 824 and 825 were amended by section 146 of, and paragraphs 7 and 8 respectively of Schedule 13 to, the Finance Act 1988 (c. 39).

(4)

1947 c. 9 (11 & 12 Geo. 6).

(5)

1960 c. 44.

(6)

Section 86 was substituted by section 46(1) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1975 (c. 45); the section as substituted was amended by sections 61(3) and 62(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1980 (c. 48), by section 69(1) of the Finance Act 1982 (c. 39) and by section 844(1) of, and paragraph 32 of Schedule 29 to, the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1). Other modifications and applications of the section were made by section 46(2) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1975 (c. 45), section 62(6) of the Finance Act 1981 (c. 35) and by section 26 of, and paragraph 13(9) of Schedule 5 to, the Finance Act 1983 (c. 28).

(7)

Section 86A was inserted by section 41 of, and paragraph 21(2) of Schedule 8 to, the Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24) and amended by section 115(2) and section 122(4) of, and Part XIV of Schedule 20 to, the Finance Act 1980 (c. 48) and by section 123(4) of the Finance Act 1984 (c. 43). The Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24) was repealed by section 98(6) of, and Part X of Schedule 27 to, the Finance Act 1985 (c. 54).

(8)

Section 87 was substituted by section 111 of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 24 to, the Finance Act 1972 (c. 41); the section as substituted was amended by section 46(3) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1975 (c. 45), by section 62(1) and (2) of the Finance Act 1980 (c. 48) and by section 844(1) of, and paragraph 32 of Schedule 29 to, the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1).

(9)

Section 88 was amended by section 37(1) of, and paragraph 87 of Schedule 6 to, the Finance Act 1971 (c. 68), section 111 of, and paragraph 11 of Schedule 24 to, the Finance Act 1972 (c. 41), section 46(4) of the Finance (No. 2) Act 1975 (c. 45), section 41 of, and paragraph 22(1) of Schedule 8 to, the Development Land Tax Act 1976 (c. 24), by section 61(4) of the Finance Act 1980 (c. 48) and by section 844(1) and (3) of, and paragraph 32 of Schedule 29 and Schedule 31 to, the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1). (The amendments made by 1976 c. 24 were relevant only for the purposes of development land tax.)

(10)

1975 c. 22; paragraph 15(1) was amended by section 2(1) of the Petroleum Revenue Tax Act 1980 (c. 1).

(11)

Section 47 was amended by section 148 of, and Part IV of Schedule 14 to, the Finance Act 1988 (c. 39).