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Income Tax Act 2007

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384 General restrictions on relief under Chapter

(1) Relief is not to be given under this Chapter for interest on a debt incurred— (a) by overdrawing an account, or (b) by debiting the account of any person as the holder of a credit card or under similar arrangements. (2) If the interest paid on a loan in a tax year exceeds a reasonable commercial amount of interest on the loan for the relevant period , relief is not to be given under this Chapter for so much of the interest as represents the excess. (3) The relevant period is the tax year or, if the loan exists for part only of the tax year, the part of the tax year for which the loan exists. (4) A reasonable commercial amount of interest on the loan for the relevant period is an amount which, together with any interest paid before that period (other than unrelieved interest), represents a reasonable commercial rate of interest on the loan from the date it was made to the end of that period. (5) “Unrelieved interest” means interest which because of subsection (2) is not eligible for relief under this Chapter.

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384 General restrictions on relief under Chapter

(1) Relief is not to be given under this Chapter for interest on a debt incurred— (a) by overdrawing an account, or (b) by debiting the account of any person as the holder of a credit card or under similar arrangements. (2) If the interest paid on a loan in a tax year exceeds a reasonable commercial amount of interest on the loan for the relevant period , relief is not to be given under this Chapter for so much of the interest as represents the excess. (3) The relevant period is the tax year or, if the loan exists for part only of the tax year, the part of the tax year for which the loan exists. (4) A reasonable commercial amount of interest on the loan for the relevant period is an amount which, together with any interest paid before that period (other than unrelieved interest), represents a reasonable commercial rate of interest on the loan from the date it was made to the end of that period. (5) “Unrelieved interest” means interest which because of subsection (2) is not eligible for relief under this Chapter.

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