Statutory Instruments
VALUE ADDED TAX
Made
24th October 1990
Laid before the House of Commons
26th October 1990
Coming into force
6th November 1990
The Treasury, in exercise of the power conferred on them by section 18(8) of the Finance Act 1985(1), hereby make the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Finance Act 1985 (Interest on Tax) (Prescribed Rate) (No. 2) Order 1990 and shall come into force on 6th November 1990.
2. For the purposes of subsections (1), (3) and (6) of section 18 of the Finance Act 1985 the prescribed rate shall be 12.25 per cent.
Irvine Patnick
Gregory Knight
Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury
24th October 1990
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order reduces from 13 per cent to 12.25 per cent the prescribed rate of interest for the purposes of section 18 of the Finance Act 1985 (interest on tax etc. recovered or recoverable by assessment).
1985 c. 54; section 18 was amended by the Finance Act 1988 (c. 39), sections 14 and 18 and Schedule 14, Part III and the Finance Act 1990 (c. 29), section 16 and Schedule 19, Part III.