Finance Act, 1916

Modification of relief given with respect to earned income. 7 Edw. 7. c. 13.

4 & 5 Geo. 5. c. 10.

25. The following subsection shall be substituted for subsection (1) of section nineteen of the Finance Act, 1907 (which provides for the reduction of the income tax payable in respect of earned income), in lieu of that substituted by section four of the Finance Act, 1914, namely:—

“(1) Any individual who claims and proves in manner provided by this section that his total income from all sources does not exceed two thousand five hundred pounds, and that any part of that income is earned income shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of this section, to such relief from income tax as will reduce the amount payable on the earned income to the amount which would be payable if the tax were charged on that income at the rate of—

“2s. 3d. if the total income does not exceed five hundred pounds;

“2s. 6d. if the total income exceeds five hundred pounds and does not exceed one thousand pounds;

“3s. 0d. if the total income exceeds one thousand pounds and does not exceed one thousand five hundred pounds;

“3s. 8d. if the total income exceeds one thousand five hundred pounds and does not exceed two thousand pounds;

“4s. 4d. if the total income exceeds two thousand pounds and does not exceed two thousand five hundred pounds.”