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Version date: 6 April 2000 - onwards
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28. Amendment of Chapter 4 (interest payments by certain deposit takers) of Part 8 of Principal Act.

(1) Section 256 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (1) by the substitution for the definition of "appropriate tax" of the following:

"'appropriate tax', in relation to a payment of relevant interest, means a sum representing income tax on the amount of the payment -

(a) in the case of a relevant deposit or relevant deposits held in a special savings account, at the rate of 20 per cent,

(b) in the case of a relevant deposit the interest in respect of which is payable annually or at more frequent intervals or a relevant deposit which is a specified deposit within the meaning of section 260, at the standard rate in force at the time of payment, and

(c) in the case of any other relevant deposit, being a deposit made on or after the date of the passing of the Finance Act, 2000, at a rate determined by the formula -

(S + 3) per cent

where S is the standard rate per cent (within the meaning of section 4(1)) in force at the time of payment;".

(2) Section 261 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (c) of the following: