Part 6Exempt income

Chapter 1Introduction

690Overview of Part 6

1

This Part provides for certain exemptions from charges to income tax under this Act.

2

The exemptions are dealt with in—

a

Chapter 2 (national savings income),

b

Chapter 3 (income from individual investment plans),

c

Chapter 4 (SAYE interest),

d

Chapter 5 (venture capital trust dividends),

e

Chapter 6 (income from FOTRA securities),

f

Chapter 7 (purchased life annuity payments),

g

Chapter 8 (other annual payments), and

h

Chapter 9 (other income).

3

Chapter 10 explains that, in general, the effect of the exemptions is that the exempt amounts are ignored for other income tax purposes.

4

Other exemptions, such as exemptions relating to particular categories of persons, may also be relevant to the charges to income tax under this Act.

5

And the exemptions dealt with in this Part may themselves be relevant to charges to income tax outside this Act.