S.I. No. 157/1997:

CAPITAL GAINS TAX (MULTIPLIERS) (1997-98) REGULATIONS, 1997

CAPITAL GAINS TAX (MULTIPLIERS) (1997-98) REGULATIONS, 1997

The Revenue Commissioners, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 3 (5) of the Capital Gains Tax (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 33 of 1978), hereby make the following regulations:

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Capital Gains Tax (Multipliers) (1997-98) Regulations, 1997.

2. In relation to the disposal of an asset made in the year 199798, the multiplier for the purposes of section 3 (1) of the Capital Gains Tax (Amendment) Act, 1978 (No. 33 of 1978), shall be the figure mentioned in column (2) of the Table to this Regulation opposite the mention in column (1) of the said Table of the year of assessment in which the deductible expenditure was incurred.

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GIVEN this 14th day of April, 1997.

D. B. QUIGLEY,

Revenue Commissioners.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations specify the multipliers by reference to which sums (such as the base cost of an asset and enhancement expenditure incurred on it) which are allowable as a deduction from the consideration for the disposal of an asset in the year of assessment 199798 are to be increased under section 3 (1) of the Capital Gains Tax (Amendment) Act, 1978 , for the purpose of computing the chargeable gain accruing to a person on such a disposal. The multipliers are derived from the consumer price index numbers compiled by the Central Statistics Office expressed on the basis that the consumer price index at mid-November, 1968, is 100.