2011 No. 1585
Income Tax

The Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (Section 684(3A)) Order 2011

Made
Laid before the House of Commons
Coming into force
The Treasury make the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 684(3B) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 20031.

Citation and commencement1.

This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (Section 684(3A)) Order 2011 and comes into force on 20th July 2011.

Increase of limit in section 684(3A) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 20032.

(1)

The amount specified in section 684(3A) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 is amended as follows.

(2)

For “£2,000” substitute “£3,000”.

Brooks Newmark
Jeremy Wright
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order increases the coding out limit for deductions in respect of “relevant debts” in section 684(3A) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 from £2,000 to £3,000. “Relevant debts” are defined in section 684(7AA) and include any debt payable to the Commissioners excluding tax credits.

A Tax Information and Impact Note covering this instrument was published on 11 April 2011 and is available on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/thelibrary/tiins.htm. It remains an accurate summary of the impacts that apply to this instrument.