Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to consolidate certain of the enactments relating to income tax and corporation tax, including certain enactments relating also to capital gains tax; and to repeal as obsolete section 339(1) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1970 and paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 11 to the Finance Act 1980.
Citation	1988 c. 1
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	9 February 1988
Commencement	For personal taxation tax year 1988-1989 and after For corporation taxation company accounting periods ending after 5 April 1988 Except ss. 96, 380 to 384, 393, 394, 400, 703 and 812
Text of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988, also known as ICTA, was the foremost United Kingdom Act of Parliament concerned with taxation until the Income Tax Act 2007 and the Corporation Tax Act 2010. ICTA was enacted in order to consolidate a number of earlier legislative provisions covering taxation. Originally, ICTA primarily covered income tax (paid principally by individuals) and corporation tax (paid principally by companies). It is the longest Act of Parliament to have ever been written.^[1]