Statutory Instrument 1987 No. 1989

The Income Tax (Official Rate of Interest on Beneficial Loans) (No.4) Order 1987

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1987 No. 1989

INCOME TAX

The Income Tax (Official Rate of Interest on Beneficial Loans) (No.4) Order 1987

Made	23rd November 1987

Laid before the House of Commons

24th November 1987

Coming into force

6th December 1987

The Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 66(9) of the Finance Act 1976^[1], hereby make the following Order:

    1.    This Order may be cited as the Income Tax (Official Rate of Interest on Beneficial Loans) (No.4) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 6th December 1987.

    2.    For the purposes of section 66(b) of, and Schedule 8(c) to, the Finance Act 1976 (which impose a charge to income tax on beneficial loans) the official rate of interest is prescribed to be 10½ per cent. per annum.

Mark Lennox-Boyd

David Lightbown

Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury

23rd November 1987

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

By this Order the official rate of interest for the purposes of section 66 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Finance Act 1976 (charge to income tax on beneficial loans) is prescribed to be 10½ per cent. per annum on and after 6th December 1987.

Previous Orders—S.I. 1978/28, 1980/439, 1982/1273 and 1987/512, 886 and 1493—prescribed rates of 9 per cent. per annum (on and after 6th April 1978), 15 per cent. per annum (on and after 6th May 1980), 12 per cent. per annum (on and after 6th October 1982), 11½ per cent. per annum (on and after 6th April 1987), 10½ per cent. per annum (on and after 6th June 1987) and 11½ per cent. per annum (on and after 6th September 1987) respectively.

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Notes:

[1] 1976 c. 40.(b) Section 66 was amended by section 50(1) of the Finance Act 1980 (c. 48) and by section 26(9) of the Finance Act 1982 (c. 39).(c) Schedule 8 was amended by section 26(9) of the Finance Act 1982 (c. 39) and by section 4 of the Finance (No.2) Act 1983 (c. 49).

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