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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Finance Act 1974 (c. 30)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

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Finance Act 1974

1974 CHAPTER 30

Contents

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  1. PART I

    CUSTOMS AND EXCISE AND VALUE ADDED TAX

    1. 1.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 2. Increase of certain duties on betting

    3. 3.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 4.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 5.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 6.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  2. PART II

    INCOME TAX, CORPORATION TAX AND CAPITAL GAINS TAX (GENERAL)

    1. 7–16.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 17.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    3. 18–20.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 21.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 22, 23... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 24. Returns of persons treated as employees

    7. 25–28.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    8. 29.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    9. 30.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    10. 31–33.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    11. 34.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    12. 35.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    13. 36, 37... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  3. PART III

    CAPITAL GAINS FROM LAND

    1. CHAPTER I

      DEVELOPMENT GAINS FROM LAND

      1. 38.Certain development gains from land to be taxed as income

      2. 39.Exemption or relief for small disposals

      3. 40. Development losses

      4. 41. Disposals of interests in land effected indirectly

      5. 42. Disposals of interests in settled property

      6. 43. Special rates of charge for development gains accruing to trustees, personal representatives or unit trust schemes

      7. 44. Supplementary

    2. CHAPTER II

      FIRST LETTING OR OCCUPATION OF BUILDING AFTER MATERIAL DEVELOPMENT

      1. 45. Charge to tax: first letting or occupation of building after material development

      2. 46.Interpretation, etc

    3. CHAPTER III

      OTHER PROVISIONS ABOUT CAPITAL GAINS FROM LAND

      1. 47. Matters arising out of Chapters I and II of this Part

      2. 48.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

  4. PART IV

    MISCELLANEOUS AND GENERAL

    1. 49.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    2. 50. Vehicle excise duty-disabled persons

    3. 51.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    4. 52.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    5. 53.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    6. 54.Grants towards duty charged on bus fuel

    7. 55. Power to authorise amendment of taxi fare byelaws

    8. 56. Trustee savings banks—special investments

    9. 57.Citation, interpretation, construction and repeals

  5. SCHEDULES 1, 2

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  6. SCHEDULE 3

    PROVISIONS SUPPLEMENTARY TO SECTION 38

  7. SCHEDULE 4

    TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEVELOPMENT GAINS

  8. SCHEDULE 5

  9. SCHEDULE 6

    DEVELOPMENT LOSSES

  10. SCHEDULE 7

    TREATMENT OF DEVELOPMENT GAINS UNDER THE TAX ACTS

  11. SCHEDULE 8

    ADAPTATIONS AND AMENDMENTS OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE TAXATION OF CAPITAL GAINS

  12. SCHEDULE 9

    SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS ABOUT DEEMED DISPOSALS UNDER SECTION 45

  13. SCHEDULE 10

    MATTERS ARISING OUT OF CHAPTERS I AND II OF PART III OF THIS ACT

  14. SCHEDULE 11

  15. SCHEDULE 12

    SUBSTITUTION OF “LOCAL AUTHORITY” AS DEFINED IN SECTION 52

  16. SCHEDULE 13

  17. SCHEDULE 14

    ENACTMENTS REPEALED

An Act to grant certain duties, to alter other duties, and to amend the law relating to the National Debt and the Public Revenue, and to make further provision in connection with Finance.

[31st July 1974]X1X2

Annotations:

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1General amendments etc. to Tax Acts (or Income Tax Acts or Corporation Tax Acts as the case may be) made by Taxes Management Act 1970 (c. 9, SIF 63:1), s. 41A(7) (as added by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 95(1)(2), British Telecommunications Act 1981 (c. 38, SIF 96), s. 82(2)(7); Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12, SIF 96), s. 72(3); Finance Act 1984 (c. 43, SIF 63:1), ss. 82(6), 85(2), 89(1)(7), 96(1)(7), 98(7), Sch. 9 para. 3(2)(9), Sch. 16 paras. 6, 12 and Finance Act 1985 (c. 54, SIF 63:1), ss. 72(1), 74(5), Sch. 23 para. 15(4), S.I. 1987/530, regs. 11(2), 13(1), 14, Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), ss. 4, 6, 7, 9, 32, 34, 78, 134, 135, 141, 142, 185, 191, 193, 194, 195, 200, 203, 209, 212, 213, 219, 247, 253, 272, 287, 314, 315, 317, 318, 325, 326, 327, 345, 350, 351, 368, 375, 381, 397, 414, 432, 440, 442, 446, 458, 460, 461, 463, 463(2)(3) (as added by Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 50(2) ), 468, 474, 475, 486, 490, 491, 503, 511, 518, 524, 532, 544, 550, 556, 558, 569, 572, 582, 595, 601, 613, 617, 619, 621, 639, 656, 660, 663, 676, 689, 691, 694, 700, 701, 714, 716, 739, 743, 754, 763, 776, 780, 781, 782, 787, 789, 811, 828, 829, 832, 833, 834, 835, 837, 838, 839, 840, 841, 842, Sch. 2 para. 5, Sch. 4 para. 5, Sch. 13 para. 10, Sch. 16 para. 10, Sch. 21 para. 6, Sch. 26 para. 1, Sch. 27 para. 20, Finance Act 1988 (c. 39, SIF 63:1), ss. 66, 127(1)(6), Sch. 12 para. 6, Capital Allowances Act 1990 (c. 1, SIF 63:1), ss. 28(1), 68(8), 74, 82, 83(5), 148(5), 163(4), 164(2), S.I. 1990/627 and Finance Act 1990 (c. 29, SIF 63:1), s. 25(10)

Commencement Information

I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent, partly retrospective, see individual sections; all provisions so far as unrepealed wholly in force at. 1.2.1991

Editorial Information

X1EDITORIAL NOTE Reconstituted split Act. The following sections were split among the following SIF groups: ss. 2, 57(1)(3)(a)(4)(5) group 12 (Betting, Gaming and Lotteries); ss. 6, 54, 57(1)(4) group 40 (Customs and Excise); ss. 7-48, 51, 52, 57(1)(2)(3)(b)(c)(4)-(6), Schs. 1-10, Sch. 12 paras. 9-12, Sch. 14 Pts. I, II, VI, VII group 63 (Income, Corporation and Capital Gains Taxes); 49, 57(1)(3)-(5), Sch. 11 group 144 (Stamp Duty); ss. 50, 57(1)(4) group 107(2) (Road Traffic) ; ss. 55, 57(4) group 107(1) (Road Taffic). This Act is presented, in the main, in the form in which it appears in the 1988 edition of The Taxes Acts edited by the Inland Revenue and published by Her Majesty's Stationery Office (any references in footnotes etc. to Vol. 1, 2 etc. are to the Volumes of that edition). The style of editing differs from that applicable to most Acts published in Statutes in Force.

X2General amendments to Tax Acts, Income Tax Acts, and/or Corporation Tax Acts made by legislation after 1.2.1991 are noted against Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (c. 1, SIF 63:1) but not against each Act

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