Finance Act, 1985

Amendment of section 142A (allowance for rent paid by certain tenants) of Income Tax Act, 1967.

7.—Section 142A (inserted by the Finance Act, 1982 ) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended in subsection (2), as respects the year 1985-86 and subsequent years of assessment—

(a) by the substitution in paragraph (a) (i) of “fifty-five years” for “sixty years” (inserted by the Finance Act, 1984 ), and

(b) by the substitution in paragraph (b) of “£1,500” for “£1,000” and of “£750” for “£500”,

and the said paragraphs (a) (i) and (b), as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(i) at any time during the year of assessment he was of the age of fifty-five years or upwards, and

(b) In this subsection “the relevant limit” means—

(i) in the case of a claimant who is entitled to a deduction under section 138(a), £1,500, and

(ii) in any other case, £750.