Section 509: Modification of section 696 where charge on shares ceasing to be subject to plan
2074.This section, with its reference to section 696, has the effect of providing that where there is an amount that counts as employment income as the result of shares ceasing to be subject to an approved SIP, and where the shares in question are readily convertible assets, PAYE is to be applied on the amount likely to count as employment income under the SIP code.
2075.This section derives from paragraphs 94 and 128 of Schedule 8 to FA 2000, two paragraphs since amended by section 39(2) and (6) of FA 2002.
2076.This section has the consequence that the employer has to use his best estimate of the amount that will be chargeable: there is no requirement that PAYE has to be operated on the precise amount that will eventually count as employment income.
