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20 1945

FINANCE ACT, 1945

PART I.

Income Tax.

Income tax and sur-tax for year 1945-46.

1. —(1) Income tax shall be charged for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1945, at the rate of seven shillings and sixpence in the pound.

(2) Sur-tax (other than excess sur-tax) for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1945, shall be charged in respect of the income of any individual the total of which from all sources exceeds one thousand five hundred pounds and shall be so charged at the same rates as those at which it is charged for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1944.

(3) Where the total income, within the meaning of section 5 of the Finance Act, 1941 (No. 14 of 1941), of any individual for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1945, exceeds one thousand five hundred pounds and includes any such profits as are mentioned in the said section 5 , an additional duty of sur-tax (in this section referred to as excess sur-tax) shall be charged for the said year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1945, at the rate of seven shillings and sixpence in the pound in respect of so much of the said income as is made chargeable therewith by subsection (1) of the said section 5 as modified and applied by the subsequent provisions of this section.

(4) The several statutory and other provisions which were in force on the 5th day of April, 1945, in relation to income tax and sur-tax (including excess sur-tax) shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, have effect in relation to the income tax and sur-tax (including excess sur-tax) to be charged as aforesaid for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1945.

(5) In the application (by virtue of the next preceding subsection of this section) of Part II of the Finance Act, 1941 (No. 14 of 1941), to the excess sur-tax to be charged as aforesaid for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1945, the said Part II shall have effect with and subject to the following modifications, that is to say:—

(a) the expression “the 6th day of April, 1945,” shall be substituted for the expression “the 6th day of April, 1941,” wherever that expression occurs in the said Part II;

(b) in paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section 7 of the said Act, the expression “the 5th day of April, 1946,” shall be substituted for the expression “the 5th day of April, 1942,” and the word “nine” shall be substituted for the word “five” and the expression “the 5th day of April, 1945,” shall be substituted for the expression “the 5th day of April, 1941,”.

Relief under Case VI of Schedule D in respect of losses.

2. —(1) Where in any year of assessment a person sustains a loss in any transaction (being a transaction of such kind that, if any profits had arisen therefrom, he would have been liable to be assessed in respect thereof under Case VI of Schedule D) in which he engages, whether solely or in partnership, he may claim that the amount of the said loss shall, as far as may be, be deducted from or set off against the amount of profits or gains on which he is assessed under the said Case VI for that year and that any portion of the loss for which relief is not so given shall be carried forward and, as far as may be, deducted from or set off against the amount of profits or gains on which he is assessed under the said Case VI for the six following years of assessment.

(2) In the application of this section to a loss sustained by a partner in a partnership, the expression “the amount of profits or gains on which he is assessed” shall, in respect of any year, be taken to mean such portion of the amount on which the partnership is assessed under Case VI of Schedule D as he would be required under the Income Tax Acts to include in a return of his total income for that year.

(3) Any relief under this section by way of carrying forward any portion of a loss shall be given as far as possible from the first subsequent assessment for any year within the said six following years, and so far as it cannot be so given then from the next such assessment and so on.

(4) This section shall be deemed to have come into operation on, and shall have effect as on and from, the 6th day of April, 1944.

Exemption from income tax and sur-tax of certain payments for service with the Defence Forces.

3. —(1) Deferred pay and gratuities to which this section applies shall be, and be deemed always to have been, exempt from income tax (including sur-tax), and shall not be reckoned in computing income for the purposes of the Income Tax Acts.

(2) This section applies to deferred pay, within the meaning of any regulations under the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Acts, 1923 to 1945, which is credited to the pay account of a member of the Defence Forces, and also applies to gratuities granted in respect of service with the Defence Forces.