Part 2

Basic provisions
Chapter 2

Rates at which income tax is charged

Starting rate limit and basic rate limit

Indexation of the basic rate limit and starting rate limit for savings
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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.
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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.
3A
The starting rate limit for savings for the tax year is the amount found as follows.
Step 1
Increase the starting rate limit for savings 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 savings 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 savings for the tax year.
4
Subsections (3) and (3A) 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 sections 10 and 12 with the amounts which, as a result of subsections (3) and (3A) , are the basic rate limit and starting rate limit for savings for the tax year.
Words in s. 21 heading substituted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 11(6)
S. 21(2) omitted (21.7.2008) by virtue of Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 11(2)
S. 21(3A) inserted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 11(3)
Words in s. 21(4) substituted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 11(4)
Words in s. 21(5) substituted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 11(5)(a)
Words in s. 21(5) substituted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 11(5)(b)
Words in s. 21(5) substituted (21.7.2008) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 1 para. 11(5)(c)
S. 21 excluded (21.7.2009) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), s. 2(2)
S. 21 excluded (19.7.2011) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), s. 2(2)