Finance Act, 1977

Personal reliefs.

6.—(1) Where a deduction falls to be made from the total income of an individual for the year 1977-78 or any subsequent year of assessment in respect of relief to which the individual is entitled under the provision mentioned in column (1) of the Table to this subsection and the amount of the deduction would, but for this section, be an amount specified in column (2) of the said Table, the amount of the deduction shall, in lieu of being the amount specified in the said column (2), be the amount specified in column (3) of the said Table opposite the mention of the amount in the said column (2).

TABLE

Statutory provision

Amount to be deducted from total income for 1976-77

Amount to be deducted from total income for 1977-78 and subsequent years

(1)

(2)

(3)

£

£

Income Tax Act, 1967

section 138

(married man)

1,010

1,100

(single person)

  620

  665

(widowed person)

  685

  735

(2) Section 10 of the Finance Act, 1976 , shall have effect subject to the provisions of this section.

(3) Part III of the First Schedule shall have effect for the purpose of supplementing subsection (1).