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The Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 1994

S.I. 1994/2657 · Made 11 October 1994

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INCOME TAX

INHERITANCE TAX

TAXES

Made 11th October 1994

Laid before the House of Commons l12th October 1994

Coming into force l6th November 1994

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 178 of the Finance Act 1989f1, hereby make the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1989 c. 26; section 178 was extended by section 160(5) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1) as amended by section 179(1)(g) of the Finance Act 1989 and section 88(2) of the Finance Act 1994 (c. 9).

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendments to the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1989
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Taxes (Interest Rate) (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 6th November 1994.

2Amendments to the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1989

In regulation 5(1) of the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1989f1—

(a)

for “6th June 1994” there shall be substituted “6th November 1994”;

(b)

for “7\5 per cent. per annum” there shall be substituted “8 per cent. per annum”.

Signature

Andrew Mitchell

Kenneth Clarke

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury

11th October 1994

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend regulation 5 of the Taxes (Interest Rate) Regulations 1989 (S.I. 1989/1297). That regulation provides for the official rate of interest for the purposes of section 160 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (taxation of beneficial loans made to employees) by first specifying an official rate of interest generally and then specifying, by way of exception, different official rates of interest for certain beneficial loans in the currencies of countries specified in the Table to the regulation.

The amendment made by these Regulations specifies, with effect from 6th November 1994, a new general official rate of interest of 8 per cent. per annum, in substitution for the rate of 7·5 per cent. per annum specified by S.I. 1994/1307.