{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007/section-6B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007/section-6B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/3",
  "legislation_title": "Income Tax Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-tax-act-2007",
  "path": "section/6B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "6B",
  "heading": "The Welsh rates",
  "text": "(1) The Welsh basic rate, the Welsh higher rate and the Welsh additional rate for a tax year are calculated as follows.\nStep 1 Take the basic rate, higher rate or additional rate.\nStep 2 Deduct 10 percentage points.\nStep 3 Add the Welsh rate (if any) set by the National Assembly for Wales for that year for the purpose of calculating the Welsh basic rate, the Welsh higher rate or the Welsh additional rate (as the case may be).\n(1A) The Welsh property basic rate, the Welsh property higher rate and the Welsh property additional rate for a tax year are calculated as follows.\nStep 1\nTake the property basic rate, property higher rate or property additional rate.\nStep 2\nDeduct 10 percentage points.\nStep 3\nAdd the Welsh rate (if any) set by Senedd Cymru for that year for the purpose of calculating the Welsh property basic rate, the Welsh property higher rate or the Welsh property additional rate (as the case may be).\n(2) For provision about the setting of the Welsh rates, see Chapter 2 of Part 4A of the Government of Wales Act 2006.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 6B inserted (24.7.2018) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 9(3), 14, 29(4); S.I. 2018/892, art. 3 (with arts. 5, 6, 8)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 6B(1A) inserted (for the tax year 2027-28 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 6(8), Sch. 1 para. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 6B(1A) Step 3 substituted (16.9.2026 for the tax year 2027-28 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), Sch. 2 para. 2; S.I. 2026/1023, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 6B heading substituted (for the tax year 2027-28 and subsequent tax years) by Finance Act 2026 (c. 11), s. 6(8), Sch. 1 para. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/3/section/6B",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:03.599581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}