1.This section reduces the income tax starting rate for savings income from 10 per cent to 0 per cent and increases the starting rate limit to £5,000. It also modifies an existing power to make regulations so that regulations may provide that individuals who are not liable to pay tax on their savings income as a result of these changes can register to receive interest payments from their bank or building society without tax being deducted.
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