Income Tax Act 2007

21 Indexation of the starting rate limit and the basic rate limit U.K.

(1) This section applies if the retail prices index for the September before the start of a tax year is higher than it was for the previous September.

(2) The starting rate limit for the tax year is the amount found as follows.

Step 1

Increase the starting rate limit for the previous tax year by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the retail prices index.

Step 2

If the result of Step 1 is a multiple of £10, it is the starting rate limit for the tax year.

If the result of Step 1 is not a multiple of £10, round it up to the nearest amount which is a multiple of £10.

That amount is the starting rate limit for the tax year.

(3) The basic rate limit for the tax year is the amount found as follows.

Step 1

Increase the basic rate limit for the previous tax year by the same percentage as the percentage increase in the retail prices index.

Step 2

If the result of Step 1 is a multiple of £100, it is the basic rate limit for the tax year.

If the result of Step 1 is not a multiple of £100, round it up to the nearest amount which is a multiple of £100.

That amount is the basic rate limit for the tax year.

(4) Subsections (2) and (3) do not require a change to be made in the amounts deductible or repayable under PAYE regulations during the period beginning on 6 April and ending on 17 May in the tax year.

(5) Before the start of the tax year the Treasury must make an order replacing the amounts specified in section 20 with the amounts which, as a result of subsections (2) and (3), are the starting rate limit and the basic rate limit for the tax year.