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Finance Act 2009

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2.Subsection (1)(a) replaces the amount currently in section 35 of the Income Tax Act 2007 (ITA) to set the personal allowance for those under 65 at £6,475.

3.Subsection (1)(b) replaces the amount in section 257 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (ICTA) to set the personal allowance for non-resident Commonwealth citizens aged under 65 at £6,475.

4.Subsection (2)(a) disapplies the requirement under section 57 of ITA to index the basic level of personal allowance in section 35 of ITA for the 2009-10 tax year only.

5.Subsection (2)(b) disapplies the requirement under section 257C of ICTA to index the basic level of personal allowance in section 257(1) of ICTA for the 2009-10 tax year only.

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