Section 501: Charge on capital receipts in respect of plan shares
2048.This section is the first of three that impose tax charges connected with the holding of shares. It imposes a charge to income tax if a capital receipt is received by a participant in respect of plan shares which have been held for less than five years (three years in the case of dividend shares). The meaning of the term “capital receipt” is dealt with in the following section.
2049.This section is the first of two that derive from paragraph 79 of Schedule 8 to FA 2000. This section derives from sub-paragraphs (1) and (5) of that paragraph, and deals with the matters directly relevant to the charge. Subsections (1) to (5) of this section are all derived from paragraph 79(1) of Schedule 8 to FA 2000, which has been divided to make it easier to understand; and subsection (6) simplifies the wording of paragraph 79(5) of Schedule 8 to FA 2000.