# The Universal Credit (Reduction of the Earnings Taper Rate) Amendment Regulations 2017, Regulation 2: Changes to calculation of deductions in respect of earned income


(1) The Universal Credit Regulations 2013 are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 22(1)(b)(i) and (ii) (deduction of income and work allowance), substitute “63%” for “65%”.
(3) In the definition of “the nil UC threshold” in regulation 54A(6) (surplus earnings), in the formula substitute “63” for “65”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/348/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-reduction-of-the-earnings-taper-rate-amendment-regulations-2017/regulation-2
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