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1987 No. 1493
INCOME TAX
The Income Tax (Official Rate of Interest on Beneficial Loans) (No. 3) Order 1987
Made
20th August 1987
Laid before the House of Commons
21st August 1987
Coming into force
6th September 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. 3) Order 1987 and shall come into force on 6th September 1987.
2. For the purposes of section 66(2) of, and Schedule 8(3) to, the Finance Act 1976 (which impose a charge to income tax on beneficial loans) the official rate of interest is prescribed to be 11½ per cent. per annum.
Peter Lloyd
David Lightbown
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
20th August 1987
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 11½ per cent. per annum on and after 6th September 1987.
Previous Orders-S.I. 1978/28, 1980/439, 1982/1273, 1987/512 and 886-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) and 10½ per cent. per annum (on and after 6th June 1987) respectively.
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).
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).