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Finance Act 1921

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART I Customs and Excise

    1. 1.Continuation of Customs duties imposed under 5 & 6 Geo.5 c.89

    2. 2.Continuation of increased medicine duties

    3. 3.Duty on sparkling wine

    4. 4.Additional duty on cigars repealed

    5. 5.Repeal of duties on mechanical lighters

    6. 6.Amendment with respect to exemption from railway passenger duty

    7. 7.Amendment of s.1 of 6 & 7 Geo.5 c.11

    8. 8.Amendment of s.12 of 6 & 7 Geo.5 c.24

    9. 9.Amendment of s.1 of 6 & 7 Geo.5 c.11

    10. 10.Provision with respect to duty on licences for male servants

    11. 11.Allowance of Customs drawback on removal of goods to Isle of Man

    12. 12.Drawback on deposit in warehouse of goods to be used as ships' stores

    13. 13.Amendment of law as to exportation or shipment as stores of playing cards

    14. 14.Power to make regulations with respect to spirits manufactured otherwise than by distillation

    15. 15.Provision as to duty on foreign spirits used for making power or industrial methylated spirits or in manufactures, and as to the allowance in respect of spirits so used

    16. 16.Provision with respect to power methylated spirits

    17. 17.Amendment of s.8 of 42 & 43 Vict. c.21

    18. 18.Use of false scales, weights, &c. in connection with Customs and Excise

    19. 19.Amendment of s.11 of 5 & 6 Geo.5 c.7

    20. 20.Amendment of s.13 of 39 & 40 Vict. c.36

    21. 21.Amendment of law as to Excise entries by corporations

    22. 22.Power to issue licences for mechanically-propelled vehicles for periods less than a year

    23. 23.Duties of Commissioners of Customs and Excise in relation to analysis of articles under Food and Drugs Acts, 1875 to 1907, transferred to Government Chemist

  3. PART II Income Tax

    1. 24.Income tax and super-tax for 1921-22

    2. 25.Declaration as to ss.43 and 44 of 8 & 9 Geo.5 c.40

    3. 26.Rule 3 (1) of Miscellaneous Rules applicable to Schedule D not to apply if person charged carries on trade throughout year of assessment

    4. 27.Power of holder of certain Government securities to require income tax to be deducted before payment of interest

    5. 28.Provision as to determination of claims for relief in respect of Dominion income tax

    6. 29.Evidence of payment of wages in certain proceedings for recovery of income tax

    7. 30.Exemption from income tax in respect of lands owned and occupied by charities and of profits of trades carried on by beneficiaries of charities

    8. 31.Amendment of Rule 3(c) of the rules applicable to Cases I and II of Schedule D

    9. 32.Exemption of superannuation funds from income tax

    10. 33.Exemption from income tax for funds of special and supplementary schemes under 10 & 11 Geo.5 c.30

    11. 34.Exemption of sewers from income tax

  4. PART III Excess Profits Duty

    1. 35.Termination of excess profits duty

    2. 36.Adjustment of excess profits duty over aggregate period of charge

    3. 37.Amendment of s.40 (3) of 5 & 6 Geo.5 c.89

    4. 38.Valuation of stock

    5. 39.Power to make assessments and repayments

    6. 40.Determination of excess mineral rights duty

    7. 41.Repeal of s.55 of 6 & 7 Geo.5 c.24

    8. 42.Interpretation and saving

  5. PART IV Death Duties

    1. 43.Extension of s.14 of 63 & 64 Vict. c.7 to persons killed during disorders in Ireland

    2. 44.Objects of national, scientific, historic, and artistic interest to be exempt from death duties if sold to national or public institutions

  6. PART V National Debt

    1. 45.Sinking fund with respect to Conversion Loan

    2. 46.Continuance during current financial year of s.58 of 10 & 11 Geo.5 c.18

    3. 47.Amendment of s.60 of 6 & 7 Geo.5 c.24

    4. 48.Transfer of registered bonds by deed

    5. 49.Amendment of Part VII of 33 & 34 Vict. c.71

    6. 50.Provisions with respect to redemption of Government stock

    7. 51.Interpretation

  7. PART VI General

    1. 52.Civil Contingencies Fund

    2. 53.Interest on certain loans not to be treated as profits for purposes of corporation profits tax

    3. 54.Amendment of s.56(1) of 10 & 11 Geo.5 c.18

    4. 55.Extension of s.61 of 10 & 11 Geo.5 c.18 to corporation profits tax

    5. 56.Amendment of 10 & 11 Geo.5 c.18 s.52(2)

    6. 57.Deduction for mortgage interest to be allowed in case of certain companies for purposes of corporation profits tax

    7. 58.Temporary exemption from corporation profits tax of the profits derived from public utility companies

    8. 59.Amendment of s.39 of 10 & 11 Geo.5 c.18

    9. 60.Recovery of penalty under s.44 of 54 & 55 Vict. c.39

    10. 61.Rate of stamp duty under 42 & 43 Vict. c.6

    11. 62.Amendment of s.6 of 8 Edw.7 c.16

    12. 63.Provision for cases where documents relating to death duties have been lost, destroyed, or damaged

    13. 64.Amendment of law as to redemption of land tax

    14. 65.Construction, short title, and repeal

  8. SCHEDULES.

    1. FIRST SCHEDULE

      Ascertainment of Mean Date in the case of Amalgamated Trades or Businesses

      1. 1.In this Schedule the expression " separate date " means,...

      2. 2.The mean date shall be a date later than the...

      3. 3.For the purpose of determining the appropriate number of months,...

      4. 4.For the purposes of this Schedule— (a) any part of...

    2. SECOND SCHEDULE

      Relief from Excess Profits Duty in respect of Trading Stocks

      1. PART I

        1. 1.If any person being the owner of any trade or...

        2. 2.In any case where the accounts of the trade or...

        3. 3.For the purpose of the foregoing provisions of this Part...

        4. 4.The amount to be allowed as a deduction or addition...

        5. 5.(1) If any person being the owner of a trade...

        6. 6.No claim under this Part of this Schedule shall be...

        7. 7.Where a trade or business has, after the end of...

      2. PART II

        1. 1.If any person who is at the end of the...

        2. 2.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, the...

        3. 3.Where the quantity of any particular class of trading stock...

        4. 4.Where the quantity of any particular class of trading stock...

        5. 5.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, trading...

        6. 6.For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule where...

        7. 7.A claim under this Part of this Schedule shall not...

        8. 8.Where a trade or business has, during the sales period,...

      3. PART III

        1. 1.If any person who is at the end of the...

        2. 2.Where the trade or business has, at any time after...

        3. 3.No relief shall be given under this Part of this...

      4. PART IV

        1. 1.The profits of a trade or business for any period,...

        2. 2.The Commissioners of Inland Revenue shall have the same power...

        3. 3.(1) Every person making a claim under this Schedule in...

        4. 4.The provisions of the second paragraph of subsection (2) of...

        5. 5.Nothing in this Schedule shall derogate from the power of...

        6. 6.Relief under this Schedule shall be given by way of...

        7. 7.Any repayment under this Schedule shall, for purposes of income...

        8. 8.Relief granted under this Schedule shall not be taken into...

        9. 9.Subsection (5) of section forty-five of the principal Act shall...

        10. 10.For the purposes of this Schedule, a trade or business...

        11. 11.In this Schedule the expression "duty " means excess profits...

    3. THIRD SCHEDULE

      Provisions For carrying out Redemption op Government Stock

      1. 1.Subject to any express provision to the contrary and subject...

      2. 2.The Treasury may make regulations for authorising any principal moneys...

      3. 3.A power of attorney authorising the sale of any Government...

      4. 4.A power of attorney given exclusively for the purpose of...

      5. 5.A warrant given by the Bank for the payment of...

      6. 6.Where any principal moneys which become payable on the redemption...

      7. 7.In this Schedule— The expression " express provision " means...

      8. 8.The provisions of this Schedule shall be a full and...

    4. FOURTH SCHEDULE

      Advances out of Civil Contingencies Fund

    5. FIFTH SCHEDULE

      Enactments repealed

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