Finance Act 2014

Amendment of section 959B of Principal Act (supplemental interpretation provisions)

86. Section 959B(1) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for “if the income from that other source or those other sources is taken into account in determining the amount of his or her tax credits and standard rate cut-off point for the tax year applicable to those emoluments, and, for the purposes of deciding whether such income should be so taken into account, the Revenue Commissioners may have regard to the amount for that, or any previous, tax year of the income of the person from that other source or those other sources before deductions, losses, allowances and other reliefs,”:

“if the income from that other source or those other sources, which does not exceed €3,174 in total—

(i) is taken into account in determining the amount of his or her tax credits and standard rate cut-off point for the tax year applicable to those emoluments, or

(ii) is fully taxed at source under section 261,

and, for the purposes of deciding whether such income should be taken into account in determining the amount of tax credits and standard rate cut-off point for the tax year, the Revenue Commissioners may have regard to the amount for that, or any previous, tax year of the income of the person from that other source or those other sources before deductions, losses, allowances and other reliefs,”.