Finance Act, 1968
Acts of the Oireachtas
Source: Acts of the Oireachtas

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paragraphs: —(1) Income tax shall be charged for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1968, at the rate of seven shillings in the pound.
(2) Sur-tax for the year beginning on the 6th day of April, 1968, shall be charged in respect of the income of any individual the total of which from all sources exceeds two thousand five hundred pounds and shall be so charged at the following rates, that is to say:
In respect of the first two thousand five hundred pounds of the income
Nil
In respect of the excess over two thousand five hundred pounds,
for every pound of the first two thousand pounds of the excess
three shillings
for every pound of the next two thousand pounds of the excess
six shillings
for every pound of the remainder of the excess
nine shillings.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section “know-how” means industrial information and techniques likely to assist in the manufacture or processing of goods or materials, or in the carrying out of any agricultural, forestry, fishing, mining or other extractive operations.
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paragraphs: —(1) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), this section applies to any payment which is chargeable to tax under Schedule E and which is made to the holder of an office or employment to compensate for—
(i) a reduction or a possible reduction of future remuneration arising from a reorganisation of the business of the employer under whom the office or employment is held or a change in the working procedures, working methods, duties or rates of remuneration of such office or employment, or
(ii) a change in the place where the duties of the office or employment are performed.
(b) This section does not apply to—
(i) a payment to which section 114 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , applies, or
(ii) a payment to any of the persons specified in paragraphs (i) to (iii) of the proviso to section 228 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , or to a person who is a part-time employee by reason of not being required to devote substantially the whole of his time to the service of his employer.
(2) Where an individual has received a payment to which this section applies, he shall be entitled, on making a claim in that behalf and on proof of the relevant facts to the satisfaction of the inspector, to have the total amount of income tax and sur-tax payable by him for the year of assessment for which the payment is chargeable reduced to the total of the two following amounts:
(a) the aggregate of the amounts of income tax and sur-tax which would have been payable by him for that year if he had not received the payment, and
(b) income tax and sur-tax on the whole of the payment at rates respectively ascertained in the manner specified in subsection (3).
(3) There shall be ascertained the additional amounts of income tax and sur-tax respectively, over and above the amounts referred to in subsection (2) (a), which would have been payable by the holder of the office or employment if his total income for the year of assessment referred to in subsection (2) had included one-third only of the payment and the rates of income tax and sur-tax respectively for the purposes of subsection (2) (b) shall then be ascertained by dividing the additional amounts of income tax and sur-tax respectively computed in accordance with this subsection by an amount equal to one-third of the payment.
(4) (a) Relief from tax under this section shall, in all cases, be given by way of repayment.
(b) A claimant shall not be entitled to relief under this section in respect of any income the tax on which he is entitled to charge against any other person, or to deduct, retain, or satisfy out of any payment which he is liable to make to any other person.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“qualifying machinery or plant” means machinery or plant (other than vehicles suitable for the conveyance by road of persons or goods or the haulage by road of other vehicles) which on or after the 1st day of April, 1968, is provided for use for the purposes of a trade, profession, employment or office and which, at the time it is so provided, is unused and not secondhand, and includes any such machinery or plant notwithstanding any sale of it or other change of circumstances, but does not include ships and machinery or plant in respect of which an election has been made under the first proviso to section 241 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 ;
“value at the commencement of the year of assessment of machinery or plant” has the same meaning as in section 241 (7) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 .
(2) Subject to the provisions of this subsection, where for any year of assessment a deduction falls to be allowed under section 241 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , on account of wear and tear of any qualifying machinery or plant, the amount considered by the Appeal Commissioners to be just and reasonable under that section as representing the diminished value by reason of wear and tear during the year of that machinery or plant shall—
(a) where it is an amount which does not exceed 8¾ per cent. of the value at the commencement of the year of assessment of such machinery or plant, be taken to be 10 per cent. of that value;
(b) where it is an amount which exceeds 8¾ per cent. but is less than 15 per cent. of the value at the commencement of the year of assessment of such machinery or plant, be taken to be 12½ per cent. of that value;
(c) where it is an amount which is 15 per cent. or more of the value at the commencement of the year of assessment of such machinery or plant, be taken to be 25 per cent. of that value.
(3) Section 241 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended, in respect of qualifying machinery or plant, by the substitution for “a sum equal to five-fourths of the amount” of “a sum equal to the amount”.
(4) In relation to a case in which subsection (2) has had effect, any reference in the Income Tax Acts to a deduction allowed under the said section 241 shall be construed as a reference to that deduction as determined pursuant to that section, as amended by this section, and subsection (2).
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paragraphs: —In respect of any year of assessment commencing on or after the 6th day of April, 1969, and notwithstanding anything in the Income Tax Acts—
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section “records” includes books of account relating to—
(a) all sums of money received and expended in the course of the carrying on or exercising of a trade, profession or other activity and the matters in respect of which the receipt and expenditure takes place, and
(b) all sales and purchases of goods and services where the carrying on or exercising of a trade, profession or other activity involves the purchase or sale of goods or services.
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paragraphs: —(1) Where the Revenue Commissioners have reason to believe that a person was liable under the regulations to remit tax in relation to any income tax month, and the person has not remitted any tax in relation to that income tax month, they may estimate the amount of tax which should have been remitted by the person within the period specified in the regulations for the payment of such tax and serve notice on him of the amount estimated.
(2) Where a notice is served under subsection (1) on a person, the following provisions shall apply—
(a) the person may, if he claims that he is not liable to remit any tax for the income tax month to which the notice relates, by giving notice in writing to the Revenue Commissioners within the period of fourteen days from the service of the notice, require the claim to be referred for decision to the Appeal Commissioners and their decision shall be final and conclusive,
(b) on the expiration of the said period, if no such claim is required to be so referred, or if such claim is required to be referred, on final determination by the Appeal Commissioners against the claim, the estimated tax specified in the notice shall be recoverable in the same manner and by the like proceedings as if the person were an employer and the amount specified in the notice were the amount of tax which he was liable under the regulations to deduct from emoluments paid by him during the income tax month specified in the notice reduced by any amounts which he was liable under the regulations to repay during that income tax month,
(c) if at any time after the service of the notice the person furnishes a declaration of the amount which he is liable under the regulations to remit in respect of the income tax month specified in the notice and pays the tax in accordance with the declaration together with any interest and costs which may have been incurred in connection with the default, the notice shall, subject to paragraph (d), stand discharged and any excess of tax which may have been paid shall be repaid,
(d) where action for the recovery of tax specified in a notice under subsection (1), being action by way of the institution of proceedings in any court or the issue of a certificate under section 485 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , has been taken, paragraph (c), shall not, unless the Revenue Commissioners otherwise direct, apply in relation to that notice until the said action has been completed.
(3) In a case in which a part of a stamp book required by the regulations to be sent to the Revenue Commissioners with the appropriate stamps affixed thereto during a particular period is not sent, the tax for which the means of payment is stamps affixed to that part of the stamp book shall be regarded for the purposes of subsection (1) as tax which a person was liable to remit by reference to the relevent income tax month or months to which the part of the stamp book relates.
(4) A notice given by the Revenue Commissioners under subsection (1) may extend to two or more consecutive income tax months.
(5) The Revenue Commissioners may nominate any of their officers to perform any acts and discharge any functions authorised by this section or section 8 to be performed or discharged by the Revenue Commissioners.
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paragraphs: —(1) Where the Revenue Commissioners have reason to believe that the total amount of tax which an employer was liable under the regulations to remit in respect of the respective income tax months comprised in any year of assessment was greater than the amount of tax (if any) paid by the employer in respect of the said months then, without prejudice to any other action which may be taken, they may make an estimate in one sum of the total amount of tax which in their opinion should have been paid in respect of the income tax months comprised in that year and may serve notice on the employer specifying—
(a) the total amount of tax so estimated,
(b) the total amount of tax (if any) remitted by the employer in relation to the income tax months comprised in the said year, and
(c) the balance of tax remaining unpaid.
(2) Where notice is served on an employer under subsection (1)—
(a) the employer may, if he claims that the total amount of tax or the balance of tax remaining unpaid is excessive, on giving notice in writing to the Revenue Commissioners within the period of fourteen days from the service of the notice, appeal to the Appeal Commissioners,
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paragraphs: —The provisions of section 129 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , shall apply—
(a) to tax recoverable by virtue of a notice under section 7 as if the tax were tax which the person was liable under the regulations to pay for the respective income tax month or months comprised in the notice:
Provided that, where the notice relates to tax for which the means of payment is stamps affixed to a part of a stamp book which is required by the regulations to be sent to the Revenue Commissioners during a particular period, the interest shall be calculated as from the expiration of that period, and
(b) to tax recoverable by virtue of a notice under section 8 as if the tax were tax which the person was liable under the regulations to remit for the income tax month during which the period of fourteen days from the service of the notice expired or the appeal was determined by agreement or otherwise, whichever month is the later.
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paragraphs: —The provisions of the Income Tax Acts relating to appeals shall with any necessary modifications apply to claims and appeals under section 7 (2) and section 8 (2) as if those claims or appeals were appeals against assessments to income tax, but, in relation to claims under section 7 (2) only in so far as those provisions apply to appeals to the Appeal Commissioners.
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paragraphs: —For the purposes of section 132 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and section 285 of the Companies Act, 1963 , the sums referred to in subsection (2) of the said section 132 and subsection (2) (a) (iii) of the said section 285 shall be deemed to include sums recoverable under section 7 or section 8 which relate to a period or periods falling in whole or part within that period of twelve months and, in the case of any sum recoverable for a period falling partly within and partly outside that period of twelve months, it shall be lawful to apportion the total amount of the sum according to the respective lengths of the periods falling within that period and outside that period in order to arrive at the amount of tax which relates to that period.
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paragraphs: — Section 138 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended by the addition of the following proviso to subsection (1):
“Provided that, where, but for this proviso, the claimant would be entitled to a deduction of £394 under the foregoing provisions of this subsection, he shall, if he proves that his marriage took place in the year of assessment, be entitled to a deduction of £494 in lieu of the deduction of £394.”.
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paragraphs: —Paragraph (a) of the proviso to subsection (1) of section 175 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , shall have effect, where the return is of interest paid or credited during a year beginning on or after the 6th day of April, 1968, as if the reference to £50 were a reference to £70.
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paragraphs: — Section 244 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended—
(a) by the insertion, after subsection (2), of the following subsection—
“(2A) Where, on or after the 6th day of April, 1968, a person carrying on a trade—
(a) incurs non-capital expenditure on scientific research or pays any sum to a body or university referred to in subsection (2) (b) in order that the body or university may undertake scientific research, and
(b) the expenditure so incurred or the sum so paid is not deductible as an expense under subsection (2) because the scientific research is not related to any trade being carried on by the person,
then, the expenditure so incurred or the sums so paid shall be deducted as an expense in computing the profits or gains of the person's trade.”,
and
(b) by the addition to subsection (3) of the following proviso—
“Provided that, where, on or after the 6th day of April, 1968, a person carrying on a trade incurs capital expenditure on scientific research which is not allowable as a deduction under the foregoing provisions of this subsection because the scientific research is not related to any trade being carried on by that person, there shall be allowed as a deduction in charging the profits or gains of that person's trade for the year of assessment in which the expenditure was incurred a sum equal to the amount of the expenditure.”.
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paragraphs: — Section 416 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (8) of the following subsection:
“(8A) Where—
(a) a person who has given notice of appeal does not attend before the Appeal Commissioners at the time and place appointed for the hearing of the appeal,
(b) an application for the postponement of the hearing is made by a person who attends before the Appeal Commissioners on behalf of the appellant at the time and place aforesaid, and
(c) the application is refused by the Appeal Commissioners,
subsection (6) shall not have effect and the said Commissioners shall thereupon proceed to determine the appeal.”.
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paragraphs: — Section 421 (3) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended by the substitution of “the Commissioners shall determine the appeal by ordering that the assessment shall stand good” for “the assessment shall stand good”.
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paragraphs: —Subsection (1) (b) of section 523 (inserted by section 10 of the Finance Act, 1967 ) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is hereby amended by the substitution of “£2,000” for “£1,250” in both places where it occurs.
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paragraphs: —(1) In lieu of the duty of excise imposed by section 13 (1) of the Finance Act, 1967 , there shall be charged, levied and paid on all beer brewed within the State on or after the 24th day of April, 1968, a duty of excise at the rate of twenty-one pounds and eleven pence for every thirty-six gallons of worts of a specific gravity of one thousand and fifty-five degrees.
(2) In lieu of the duty of customs imposed by section 13 (2) of the Finance Act, 1967 , there shall, as on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, be charged, levied and paid on all beer of any description imported into the State, a duty of customs at the rate of twenty-one pounds, one shilling and five pence for every thirty-six gallons of beer of which the worts were before fermentation of a specific gravity of one thousand and fifty-five degrees.
(3) There shall be allowed and paid on the exportation as merchandise or the shipment for use as stores of beer on which it is shown, to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners, that the duty imposed by subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section has been paid, a drawback calculated according to the original specific gravity of the beer, at the rate of twenty-one pounds, one shilling and two pence on every thirty-six gallons of beer of which the original specific gravity was one thousand and fifty-five degrees.
(4) Where, in the case of beer which is chargeable with the duty imposed by subsection (1) or subsection (2) of this section or in the case of beer on which drawback under subsection (3) of this section is payable, the specific gravity of the beer is not one thousand and fifty-five degrees, the duty or drawback shall be varied proportionately.
(5) Section 24 of the Finance Act, 1933 , shall not apply or have effect in relation to the duty of customs imposed by this section.
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paragraphs: —(1) The Finance Act, 1920 , shall, as on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, be amended by the substitution in Part I of the First Schedule thereto of the matter set out in Part I of the First Schedule to this Act for the matter inserted in the said Part of the said First Schedule by section 9 of the Finance Act, 1966 , and section 3 (1) of the said Finance Act, 1920 , shall have effect accordingly.
(2) The customs duty on spirits to which section 9 (2) of the Finance Act, 1966 , applies shall continue to be charged, levied and paid at the rate of eleven pounds, fifteen shillings and eleven pence the gallon (computed at proof) imposed by that subsection in lieu of the rate chargeable under subsection (1) of this section.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“the Act of 1935” means the Finance Act, 1935 ;
“the Act of 1966” means the Finance Act, 1966 .
(2) The duty of customs imposed by section 1 of the Finance (Customs Duties) (No. 4) Act, 1931 , shall, in respect of mineral hydrocarbon light oil chargeable with that duty, be charged, levied and paid as on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, at the rate of 3s. 11·9d. the gallon in lieu of the rate specified in section 10 (2) (b) of the Act of 1966.
(3) The duty of excise imposed by section 1 of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1935 , shall, in respect of mineral hydrocarbon light oil chargeable with that duty which is sent out, on or for sale or otherwise, from the premises of the manufacturer thereof on or after the 24th day of April, 1968, or is used by such manufacturer on or after that date for any purpose other than the manufacture or production of mineral hydrocarbon oil, be charged, levied and paid at the rate of 3s. 10·9d. the gallon in lieu of the rate specified in section 10 (3) (b) of the Act of 1966.
(4) The duty of customs imposed by section 21 of the Act of 1935 shall, in respect of hydrocarbon oil chargeable with that duty, be charged, levied and paid as on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, at the rate of 3s. 4·65d. the gallon in lieu of the rate specified in section 10 (4) (b) of the Act of 1966.
(5) As on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, the rate of any rebate allowed under section 21 (2) of the Act of 1935 shall—
(a) in respect of hydrocarbon oil on which such rebate is allowable and on which the duty of customs mentioned in subsection (4) of this section was paid at the rate of 3s. 4·65d. the gallon, be 3s. 4·65d. the gallon, and
(b) in respect of hydrocarbon oil on which such rebate is allowable and on which the duty of customs mentioned in subsection (4) of this section was, by virtue of paragraph 6 of the Imposition of Duties (No. 84) (Hydrocarbon Oils) (Customs Duties) Order, 1959 , paid at the rate of 3s. 3·65d. the gallon, be 3s. 3·65d. the gallon,
in lieu of the rate allowable immediately before the 24th day of April, 1968, by virtue of section 10 (5) (b) of the Act of 1966.
(6) The duty of excise imposed by section 21 of the Act of 1935 shall, in respect of hydrocarbon oil chargeable with that duty which is sent out, on or for sale or otherwise, from the premises of the manufacturer thereof on or after the 24th day of April, 1968, or is used by such manufacturer on or after that date for any purpose other than the manufacture or production of hydrocarbon oil, be charged, levied and paid at the rate of 3s. 3·65d. the gallon in lieu of the rate specified in section 10 (6) (b) of the Act of 1966.
(7) As on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, the rate of any rebate allowed under section 21 (4) of the Act of 1935, in respect of hydrocarbon oil on which such rebate is allowable and on which the excise duty mentioned in subsection (6) of this section was paid at the rate of 3s. 3·65d. the gallon, shall be 3s. 3·65d. the gallon in lieu of the rate allowable immediately before the 24th day of April, 1968, by virtue of section 10 (7) (b) of the Act of 1966.
(8) As on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, the rate of any repayment allowed under section 10 (8) of the Finance Act, 1957 , in respect of hydrocarbon oil on which such repayment is allowable and on which either—
(a) the excise duty mentioned in subsection (6) of this section was paid at the rate of 3s. 3·65d. the gallon, or
(b) the customs duty mentioned in subsection (4) of this section was paid at the rate of 3s. 3·65d. the gallon or 3s. 4·65d. the gallon,
shall be 1s. 8d. the gallon in lieu of the rate allowable immediately before the 24th day of April, 1968.
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paragraphs: —(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the duty of customs on tobacco imposed by section 20 of the Finance Act, 1932 , shall, as on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, be charged, levied and paid at the several rates specified in Part I of the Second Schedule to this Act in lieu of the several rates specified in Parts I, II and III of the First Schedule to the Finance Act, 1967 .
(2) The provisions of section 8 of the Finance Act, 1919 , shall apply to the duty mentioned in subsection (1) of this section—
(a) with the substitution of “the area of application of the Acts of the Oireachtas” for “Great Britain and Ireland”, and
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paragraphs: —(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section there shall be charged, levied and paid on all stocks of tobacco of every description which at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 23rd day of April, 1968, are in the ownership or possession of a licensed manufacturer of tobacco and in any place in the State other than a bonded warehouse, a duty of excise, payable by the manufacturer, at the following rate, that is to say:
(a) so far as the stocks consist of unmanufactured tobacco, three shillings and five pence for every pound weight of the stocks, and
(b) so far as the stocks consist of tobacco (including snuff) other than unmanufactured tobacco, three shillings and five pence for every pound weight of unmanufactured tobacco from which, in the opinion of the Revenue Commissioners, the stocks were derived.
(2) The duty imposed by subsection (1) of this section shall not be chargeable on any manufactured tobacco (including cigarettes, cigars and snuff other than offal snuff) as to which it is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners that it was at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 23rd day of April, 1968, fully prepared for sale by retail and that either—
(i) it was not the product of any operation carried out by any manufacturer in whose ownership or possession it was at that time; or
(ii) it was at that time held as retail stock in premises used for selling tobacco by retail; or
(iii) it was at that time in transit from seller to buyer under a contract of sale:
Provided that no tobacco shall be deemed for the purposes of this subsection to have been fully prepared for sale by retail if, according to the ordinary course of business of the person in whose ownership or possession it was or to whom it was in transit, it had still to be subjected to some further process (other than packing) before being sold by him.
(3) Every licensed manufacturer of tobacco shall not later than the 30th day of April, 1968, make a return to the Revenue Commissioners in a form approved by them giving such information as they may thereby require and, in particular, showing the quantities by weight of tobacco of every description in his ownership or possession at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 23rd day of April, 1968, in any place in the State other than a bonded warehouse.
(4) Every licensed manufacturer of tobacco shall—
(a) produce, if so required, to any officer of Customs and Excise the trade books and all accounts and documents belonging to or in the possesion of such manufacturer which are necessary for verifying the return made in pursuance of subsection (3) of this section, and
(b) render all reasonable assistance to such officer in the taking of an account of the tobacco which was in the ownership or possession of such manufacturer at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 23rd day of April, 1968.
(5) Every licensed manufacturer of tobacco shall, immediately upon making the return required by subsection (3) of this section or on the 30th day of April, 1968, whichever is the earlier, pay to the Revenue Commissioners the full amount of the duty imposed by subsection (1) of this section on any tobacco which was in his ownership or possession at five o'clock in the afternoon of the 23rd day of April, 1968, and was chargeable with the said duty, and the Revenue Commissioners may, if they think fit, defer the payment of the duty to a date not later than the 1st day of November, 1968, upon the manufacturer giving security by bond or otherwise to their satisfaction that such duty will be paid.
(6) Every manufacturer required by subsection (3) of this section to make such return as is mentioned in that subsection who either fails to make such return or makes a return which is incomplete, false or misleading in any material respect or fails or refuses to do anything which he is required by subsection (4) of this section to do shall be guilty of an offence under the statutes relating to duties of excise and shall for every such offence incur an excise penalty of fifty pounds, and all tobacco in relation to which such offence was committed shall be forfeited.
(7) Where drawback is payable in respect of tobacco on which the excise duty imposed by subsection (1) of this section has been paid, such drawback shall, to the extent of the duty paid in pursuance of the said subsection (1) as determined by the Revenue Commissioners, be a drawback of excise.
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paragraphs: —(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3) of this section, there shall be charged, levied and paid, as on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, a duty of customs on all wine imported into the State at the several rates specified in Part I of the Third Schedule to this Act in lieu of the rates specified in section 5 of the Finance Act, 1948 , section 14 of the Finance Act, 1949 , section 16 of the Finance Act, 1965 and paragraph 23 (2) of the Imposition of Duties (No. 159) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1966 , as amended by paragraph 4(vii) of the Imposition of Duties (No. 164) (Customs Duties and Form of Customs Tariff) Order, 1967 .
(2) The provisions of section 8 of the Finance Act, 1919 , shall apply to the duty imposed by subsection (1) of this section—
(a) with the substitution of “the area of application of the Acts of the Oireachtas” for “Great Britain and Ireland” and
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paragraphs: —The duty of excise on Irish wine imposed by section 15 of the Finance Act, 1966 , shall, as on and from the 24th day of April, 1968, and before the 1st day of July, 1968, be charged, levied and paid at the several rates specified in Part I of the Fourth Schedule to this Act in lieu of the several rates specified in paragraph 3 of the Imposition of Duties (No. 163) (Duty on Wine) Order, 1967 , and shall, as on and from the 1st day of July, 1968, be charged, levied and paid at the several rates specified in Part II of the Fourth Schedule to this Act in lieu of the several rates specified in Part I thereof.
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paragraphs: —(1) Section 29 of the Finance Act, 1965 , is hereby amended by—
(a) the substitution of “£1,000” for “£350” and of “£500” for “£250” in each place where they respectively occur in subsections (2), (3) and (4) (which subsections were inserted by the Finance Act, 1966 ), and
(b) the substitution of “£100,000” for “£25,000” (inserted by the Finance Act, 1966 ) in subsection (6).
(2) Section 19 of the Finance Act, 1966 , is hereby amended by the substitution of “£100,000” for “£25,000” in subsection (1) (c).
(3) This section shall have effect only in relation to benefits (within the meaning of the said section 29) accruing on or after the 1st day of April, 1968.
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paragraphs: —Section 10 of the Finance Act, 1894, is hereby amended by the substitution of “fifty thousand” for “ten thousand” in subsection (5).
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“company” means any body corporate;
“corporation tax” means the tax in Northern Ireland and Great Britain known as corporation tax;
“investment trust company” means a company which complies with the following conditions:
(a) it is incorporated and resident in the State,
(b) it has issued for public subscription not less than eighty per cent. in nominal value of its shares carrying voting rights, whether immediate or to arise in certain future circumstances,
(c) its business consists mainly in the making of investments,
(d) the distribution as dividend of surpluses arising from the realisation of investments is prohibited by the company's memorandum or articles of association;
“Irish securities” means securities of the Government, securities guaranteed by the Minister for Finance and any stocks, shares, debentures, bonds or obligations of any municipal corporation in the State, or any company or other body corporate incorporated in the State;
“securities” includes stocks, shares, bonds and obligations of any Government, municipal corporation, company or other body corporate.
(2) In respect of any accounting period ending after the 31st day of December, 1967, the profits of an investment trust company shall not, for the purposes of corporation profits tax, include dividends and other distributions received from a company liable to corporation tax to the extent that such dividends and distributions have been paid out of profits which have borne that tax:
Provided that—
(a) throughout the accounting period the following conditions are satisfied:
(i) the value of the Irish securities held by the investment trust company was not less than fifteen per cent. of the value of the securities held by the investment trust company,
(ii) the securities (whether of one class or more than one class) held by the investment trust company in any one company, other than an investment trust company, did not represent more than fifteen per cent. by value of the first-mentioned investment trust company's securities,
(iii) the number of shareholders was not less than fifty and no one shareholder was the beneficial owner of more than forty-nine per cent. of the shares of the investment trust company,
(iv) the value of the securities quoted on a recognised stock exchange which were held by the investment trust company was not less than eighty-five per cent. of the value of the securities held by the investment trust company,
and
(b) the investment trust company did not retain in respect of any accounting period ending on or after the passing of this Act more than fifteen per cent. of its actual profits in that accounting period.
(3) The Minister for Finance may, after consultation with the Revenue Commissioners, authorise in respect of any accounting period the relief provided by this section notwithstanding that one or more of the conditions stated in subsection (2) (a) was or were not complied with and notification of any authorisation under this subsection shall be published in Iris OifigiÃºil as soon as may be after it is given.
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paragraphs: —In respect of every accounting period ending after the 31st day of December, 1967, proviso (c) to section 53 (2) of the Finance Act, 1920 , and section 36 (4) of the Finance Act, 1941 , shall be construed and have effect as if for “two thousand five hundred pounds” there were substituted “four thousand pounds”.
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paragraphs: —The exemptions from corporation profits tax specified in section 33 (1) of the Finance Act, 1929 , shall be given in respect of the period beginning on the 1st day of January, 1968, and ending on the 31st day of December, 1970.
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paragraphs: —(1) Any reference in section 69 of the Finance Act, 1959 , to a deduction allowed under section 241 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , shall be construed as including a reference to that deduction as determined pursuant to that section and section 4 (2).
(2) Section 69 of the Finance Act, 1959 , is hereby amended by the addition to subsection (2) of the following proviso:
“Provided that in relation to an allowance made by virtue of the proviso to section 244 (3) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , this subsection shall have effect as if the following paragraph were inserted after paragraph (a)—
‘(aa) it is made in charging the profits or gains of a trade a part of which is, or is comprised in, that business,’”.
num: 31
paragraphs: —(1) Subsection (2) of section 50 of the Finance Act, 1963, is hereby amended by the addition thereto of “in writing at or before the time he is sold or hired goods or provided with services”.
(2) Subsection (4) of section 58 of the Finance Act, 1963, is hereby amended by the insertion after “seller or provider” where it first occurs of “in writing at or before the time he is supplied with the goods or provided with the services”.
num: 32
paragraphs: —Section 5 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 1966, is hereby amended by the addition thereto of “if (but only if) he has in accordance with regulations given to the person by whom the goods were so sold a statement in writing quoting his wholesale tax registration number”.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“the principal section” means section 22 of the Finance Act, 1950;
“the 1967 amending section” means section 24 of the Finance Act, 1967 ;
“the eighteenth additional annuity” means the sum charged on the Central Fund under subsection (4) of this section;
“the Minister”, “the Account” and “capital services” have the same meanings respectively as they have in the principal section.
(2) Subsection (4) of the 1967 amending section shall, in relation to the twenty-nine successive financial years commencing with the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1969, have effect with the substitution of “£2,000,850” for “£1,880,083”.
(3) Subsection (6) of the 1967 amending section shall have effect with the substitution of “£1,269,345” for “£1,216,320”.
(4) A sum of £2,453,200 to redeem borrowings, and interest thereon, in respect of capital services shall be charged annually on the Central Fund or the growing produce thereof in the thirty successive financial years commencing with the financial year ending on the 31st day of March, 1969.
(5) The eighteenth additional annuity shall be paid into the Account in such manner and at such times in the relevant financial year as the Minister may determine.
(6) Any amount of the eighteenth additional annuity, not exceeding £1,586,900 in any financial year, may be applied towards defraying the interest on the public debt.
(7) The balance of the eighteenth additional annuity shall be applied in any one or more of the ways specified in subsection (6) of the principal section.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section “engineering services” means design and planning services the work on the rendering of which is carried out in the State in connection with chemical, civil, electrical or mechanical engineering works executed outside the State.
(2) In the case of a body corporate carrying on a trade which consists of or includes the rendering to another person of engineering services, the following provisions shall, if the body corporate so elects, apply for the purposes of relief from income tax under Chapter IV of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and for the purposes of relief from corporation profits tax under Part III of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 :
(a) the body corporate shall be regarded as being a company where it would not otherwise be so regarded,
(b) the rendering of such services shall be regarded as the manufacture of goods and any amount receivable in payment therefor shall be regarded as an amount receivable from the sale of goods, and
(c) where such services are rendered to a person who is not resident in the State, the body corporate shall be regarded as having exported goods out of the State and any payment receivable by it for the services shall be regarded as an amount receivable from the sale of goods so exported.
(3) Any election under subsection (2) shall be made by notice in writing delivered to the inspector and shall have effect as respects every year of claim not being a year earlier than the year of assessment commencing on the 6th day of April, 1968, and every accounting period or part of an accounting period subsequent to the 5th day of April, 1968, for which relief under Chapter IV of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , or Part III of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 , is claimed by the body corporate by which it is made.
(4) The Revenue Commissioners may by notice in writing require a body corporate claiming relief from tax by virtue of subsection (2) to furnish them with such information or particulars as may be necessary for the purpose of giving effect to that subsection, and section 404 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and section 13 (1) of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 , shall have effect as if the matters of which proof is required thereby included the information or particulars specified in a notice under this subsection.
(5) Subsection (2) shall have effect as on and from the 6th day of April, 1968, and, in the case of corporation profits tax, the Revenue Commissioners may, for the purposes of this section, make such apportionments as they consider appropriate where part of an accounting period is before and part on or after the 6th day of April, 1968:
Provided that where, before an election was made by it under this section, a body corporate has paid a dividend and the amount of income tax which it was entitled to deduct from the dividend exceeds the amount which, under section 410 (2) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , it would have been entitled to deduct if the election had been made before the dividend was paid, any relief from income tax which would otherwise have been allowable shall be reduced by the amount of the excess.
(6) Where for any year of assessment the income of any person consists of, or includes, a dividend in relation to which the proviso to subsection (5) has had effect, the person shall be entitled to claim such repayment, if any, of income tax and sur-tax as will reduce his total liabilities to those taxes to what those liabilities would have been if income tax had been deducted from the dividend at the rate at which it would have been deductible if subsection (2) had had effect in relation to the body corporate at the time when the dividend was paid.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“accounting period” includes a part of an accounting period;
“external tax” means a tax which is chargeable and payable under the law of the territory in which the paying company is resident, being a territory to which this section applies, and which corresponds to Irish tax:
Provided that a tax which is payable under the law of a province, state or other part of a country, or which is levied by or on behalf of a municipality or other local body shall not be deemed for the purposes of this subsection to correspond to Irish tax;
“income”, in relation to corporation profits tax, means profits;
“Irish tax” means Irish income tax or corporation profits tax or both of those taxes as the circumstances of the case may require.
(2) This section applies to every territory other than—
(a) Northern Ireland and Great Britain,
(b) the United States of America, and
(c) a territory with the Government of which arrangements are for the time being in force by virtue of section 361 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 .
(3) Where a company (in this section referred to as the investing company) has paid, by deduction or otherwise, or is liable to pay, by reference to any part of its income arising in a territory to which this section applies, Irish tax for any year of assessment or accounting period and it is shown to the satisfaction of the Revenue Commissioners—
(a) that the said part of the investing company's income consists of a dividend, or interest, paid to it by a company resident in the territory (in this section referred to as the paying company) not less than one-half of the voting power in which is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the investing company,
(b) that the said dividend, or interest, arose from the investment in the paying company by the investing company, whether by way of loan or otherwise, of a sum or sums representing—
(i) profits the Irish tax referable to which has been reduced to nil under Chapter IV of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , or under Part III of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 , or
(ii) such proportion of profits the Irish tax referable to which has been reduced otherwise than to nil under the said provisions as is equal to the proportion by which the said Irish tax has been so reduced,
and
(c) that the investing company has paid external tax in the said territory in respect of the said part of its income,
the Revenue Commissioners may grant to the investing company in respect of the said year of assessment, or accounting period, as the case may be, such relief as is just with a view to affording relief in respect of the double taxation of the said part of the investing company's income, but not exceeding whichever of the following is the lesser, that is to say, one-half of the total of the Irish tax that would, but for this section, be payable by the investing company in respect of the said part of its income or the amount of the external tax paid or payable in the said territory in respect of the said part of its income after deduction of any relief to which the company may be entitled in that territory.
(4) (a) External tax paid by the paying company in respect of its profits shall be taken into account in considering whether any, and if so, what relief ought to be allowed in respect of a dividend paid by the paying company to the investing company, and for the purposes of this section, other than this subsection, such tax, or the appropriate part thereof, shall be regarded as external tax paid by the investing company.
num: 36
paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“the airport” has the same meaning as in the Customs-free Airport Act, 1947 ;
“company” has, for the purposes of income tax, the same meaning as in section 398 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and, for the purposes of corporation profits tax, the same meaning as in section 10 of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 ;
“control” has the same meaning as in section 299 (6) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 ;
“exempted trading operation” means a trading operation in respect of which there is in force a certificate given, before the 6th day of April, 1967, under section 3 (2) of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1958 , or, on or after that date, under section 374 (2) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and the said section 3 (2);
“goods”, where is occurs in subsection (3), has, for the purposes of income tax, the same meaning as in Chapter IV of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and, for the purposes of corporation profits tax, the same meaning as in Part III of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 ;
“other trading operation” means a trading operation which is carried on wholly within the airport other than an exempted trading operation;
“qualified company” has, for the purposes of income tax, the same meaning as in section 374 (1) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and, for the purposes of corporation profits tax, the same meaning as in section 3 (1) of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1958 .
(2) Where a qualified company (in this subsection referred to as the seller) which carries on a trade consisting partly of exempted trading operations and partly of other trading operations sells goods in the course of the other trading operations to a company (in this subsection referred to as the buyer) which carries on a trade in the State wholly outside the airport, and—
(a) the other trading operations would have been exempted trading operations if the goods had been exported out of the State by the seller, and
(b) the seller has control over the buyer or the buyer has control over the seller or some other person has control over both the buyer and the seller, and
(c) the goods are appropriated as trading stock of the buyer, and
(d) the goods are subjected by the buyer to a process of manufacture in the State, and
(e) the inspector is satisfied that the goods have been, or will be, exported out of the State by the buyer either as components of other goods or otherwise, and
(f) the other trading operations consist wholly of the sale of goods to the buyer and any goods sold by the buyer in the course of his trade (other than goods exported out of the State) are sold to the seller,
the profits or gains arising from, or losses sustained in, the other trading operations shall be deemed, notwithstanding section 374 (6) (a) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , or section 3 (6) (a) of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1958 , or any certificate under section 3 (2) of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1958 , or under section 374 (2) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and the said section 3 (2), to arise from, or to be sustained in, exempted trading operations and Chapter I of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and Part II of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1958 , shall apply accordingly.
(3) Where a company (in this subsection referred to as the seller) which is not a qualified company sells goods to a person (in this subsection referred to as the buyer) who is either a qualified company which carries on a trade consisting partly of exempted trading operations and partly of other trading operations or a company which carries on a trade in the State wholly outside the airport, and—
(a) the seller would have been entitled to claim relief under Chapter IV of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , or Part III of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 , in respect of the profit attributable to the sale of the goods if they had been exported out of the State, and
(b) the seller has control over the buyer or the buyer has control over the seller or some other person has control over both the buyer and the seller, and
(c) the goods are appropriated as trading stock of the buyer, and
(d) the goods are subjected by the buyer to a process of manufacture in the State, and
(e) the inspector is satisfied that the goods have been, or will be, exported out of the State by the buyer either as components of other goods or otherwise, and
(f) any goods sold by the seller in the course of his trade (other than goods exported out of the State) are sold to the buyer and any goods sold by the buyer in the course of his trade (other than goods exported out of the State) are sold to the seller,
Chapter IV of Part XXV of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , and Part III of the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1956 , shall apply as if the goods had been exported out of the State by the seller and any amount receivable by the seller from the sale of the goods to the buyer shall be deemed to be an amount receivable from the sale of goods so exported.
(4) This section shall have effect as on and from the 6th day of April, 1968, and, in the case of corporation profits tax, the Revenue Commissioners may, for the purposes of this section, make such apportionments as they consider appropriate where part of an accounting period is before and part on or after the 6th day of April, 1968.
num: 37
paragraphs: —(1) In this section “lump sum”, “rebate” and “weekly payment” have the same meanings as in the Redundancy Payments Act, 1967 .
num: 38
paragraphs: —The following subsection is hereby substituted for section 251 (4) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 :
“(4) Notwithstanding anything in the preceding provisions of this section, this Chapter shall have effect—
(a) in relation to capital expenditure incurred on or after the 14th day of December, 1961, and before the 1st day of April, 1967, as if ‘two-fifths’ were substituted for ‘one-fifth’ in subsection (1),
(b) in relation to capital expenditure incurred on or after the 1st day of April, 1967, and before the 1st day of April, 1968, as if ‘one-half’ were substituted for ‘one-fifth’ in subsection (1), and
(c) in relation to capital expenditure incurred on or after the 1st day of April, 1968, and before the 1st day of April, 1971, as if ‘three-fifths’ were substituted for ‘one-fifth’ in subsection (1).”.
num: 39
paragraphs: — Section 254 (2) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , is here by amended by the substitution of “the 1st day of April, 1971” for “the 1st day of April, 1968”.
num: 40
paragraphs: —The duty imposed by section 11 of the Customs and Inland Revenue Act, 1885 , in respect of the property of certain corporate and unincorporated bodies shall not be charged for any yearly period beginning after the 5th day of April, 1968.
num: 41
paragraphs: —(1) In this section—
“investment account” means an account in which a person deposits moneys with a trustee savings bank and which is opened by the bank in pursuance of a consent of the Minister under section 3 of the Trustee Savings Banks Act, 1965 ;
“the Minister” means the Minister for Finance.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment, the rate of interest payable on a deposit paid into an investment account with a trustee savings bank shall be such rate as the Minister may from time to time determine.
(3) The trustees of every trustee savings bank shall pay into a special account in the name of the Minister all moneys received by them in respect of deposits in investment accounts less any moneys withdrawn from such accounts and any moneys retained by them (pursuant to authorisations in that behalf given from time to time by the Minister) to meet anticipated withdrawals from such accounts.
(4) The Minister may make provision for the opening of the said special account in his name and may make regulations for the payment of moneys into that special account in pursuance of this section and the withdrawal of moneys therefrom and for the investment of moneys to the credit of the said special account and generally for the management of the said special account.
(5) Regulations made by the Minister under the next preceding subsection of this section in relation to the special account mentioned in that subsection may provide that investments of moneys to the credit of the said special account may be made by way of deposit in the Post Office Savings Bank and if such regulations so provide they may further make such provisions as shall be requisite for the payment by the Post Office Savings Bank of interest on moneys so deposited at such rate and over such periods as may, in the opinion of the Minister, be necessary or expedient for the effective administration of the relevant provisions of this section and the regulations made thereunder.
(6) Provisions inserted under the next preceding subsection of this section in the regulations mentioned in that subsection shall have effect notwithstanding anything to the contrary or inconsistent there-with contained in any enactment applied by this Act to the Post Office Savings Bank.
(7) There shall be paid by the Minister to the trustees of every trustee savings bank interest at such rate as may be determined by the Minister from time to time on moneys paid into the special account opened pursuant to this section.
(8) The reference in section 337 (1) (b) of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , to the special account opened in pursuance of section 31 (3) of the Finance Act, 1940 , shall be construed as including a reference to the special account opened in pursuance of this section.
(9) The reference in section 344 of the Income Tax Act, 1967 , to deposits with a trustee savings bank shall be construed as not including a reference to a deposit in an investment account with a trustee savings bank.
num: 42
paragraphs: —(1) Payments received by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs from a Minister of State out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas under a scheme for the provision, free of charge, of licences under section 5 of the Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1926 , in respect of television and radio sets shall, for the purposes of section 2 of the Broadcasting Authority (Amendment) Act, 1966 , be deemed to be receipts in respect of broadcasting licence fees.
(2) Where a licence under the said section 5 in respect of a television or radio set is in force and is surrendered by the holder of the licence under a scheme hereinbefore mentioned, a refund of such part of the fee paid in respect of the licence as may be specified in directions given by the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs may be made in accordance with such directions as may be given by that Minister.
(3) If this Act is passed before or on the 1st day of July, 1968, subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on that day, and, if it is passed after that day, it shall be deemed to have come into operation on that day.
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paragraphs: —(1) Where a person shows to the satisfaction of the licensing authority that, in consequence of injury, disease or defect, he is wholly, or almost wholly, without the use of each of his legs, the duty imposed by section 1 of the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 , shall not be charged or levied in respect of a vehicle specially constructed or adapted for use by the person as driver and used by him either as driver or passenger.
(2) The duty imposed by section 1 of the said Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 , shall not be charged or levied on vehicles (including any cycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power) not exceeding 6 cwt. in weight unladen adapted and used for invalids.
(3) If this Act is passed before or on the 1st day of July, 1968, subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on that day and, if it is passed after that day, they shall be deemed to have come into operation on that day.
(4) The appropriate repayments shall be made having regard to the provisions of the preceding subsections of this section and the repayments shall be made in accordance with such directions as may be given by the Minister for Local Government.
num: 44
paragraphs: —(1) Part II of the Schedule to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 , is hereby amended by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (3) of paragraph 1:
num: 45
paragraphs: —Subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 6 of Part I of the Schedule to the Finance (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Act, 1952 , are hereby repealed.
num: 46
paragraphs: —(1) The Imposition of Duties (No. 170) (Excise Duties) (Vehicles) Order, 1968 , is hereby confirmed.
(2) The appropriate repayments shall be made having regard to the provisions of the Order aforesaid in accordance with such directions as may be given by the Minister for Local Government.
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paragraphs: —All taxes and duties imposed by this Act are hereby placed under the care and management of the Revenue Commissioners.
num: 48
paragraphs: —(1) This Act may be cited as the Finance Act, 1968.
(2) Part I and (so far as relating to income tax, including sur-tax) sections 34 to 39 and section 41 of this Act shall be construed together with the Income Tax Acts.
(3) Part II of this Act, so far as it relates to customs, shall be construed together with the Customs Acts and, so far as it relates to duties of excise, shall be construed together with the Statutes which relate to the duties of excise and the management of those duties.
(4) Part IV and (so far as relating to corporation profits tax) sections 34 to 39 of this Act shall be construed together with Part V of the Finance Act, 1920 , and the enactments amending or extending that Part.
(5) Part I and sections 34 to 39 of this Act shall, save as is otherwise expressly provided therein, be deemed to have come into force and shall take effect as on and from the 6th day of April, 1968.
(6) Any reference in this Act to any other enactment shall, except so far as the context otherwise requires, be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended by or under any other enactment including this Act.