PART VIII INCOME AND CAPITAL

F1Chapter IVAParticipants in the Self-Employment Route ...

Deduction in respect of tax for participants in the self-employment routeF2...102D.

(1)

The amount to be deducted in respect of income tax under regulation 102C(1)(a) (calculation of income of participants in the self-employment routeF3...) in respect of the period determined under regulation 102C(2) shall be calculated as if—

(a)

the chargeable income is the only income chargeable to tax;

F4(b)

the personal reliefs applicable to the person receiving assistance under the self-employment route under Chapters 2, 3 and 3A of Part 3 of the Income Tax Act 2007 are allowable against that income; and

F4(c)

the rate at which the chargeable income less the personal reliefs is assessable to income tax is the basic rate, or in the case of a Scottish taxpayer, the Scottish basic rate, of tax.

(2)

For the purpose of paragraph (1), the F5F6basic rateF7, or the Scottish basic rate, of tax to be applied and the amount of the F8personal reliefs deductible shall, where the period determined under regulation 102C(2) is less than a year, be calculated on a pro rata basis.

(3)

In this regulation, “chargeable income" means the monies in the special account at the end of the last day upon which assistance was received under the self-employment route.