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Part 7Employment income: share-related income and exemptions

Chapter 6Approved share incentive plans

Other tax consequences

515Tax advantages and charges under other Acts

(1)The following provisions of ICTA relate to SIPs—

(a)sections 68A to 68C and 251A to 251D (which provide for amounts to be charged to income tax under Schedule D Case V or Schedule F where—

(i)dividends are paid out to participants under an approved SIP, or

(ii)dividend shares cease to be subject to the plan in certain circumstances),

(b)sections 686B and 686C (which provide for section 686 of that Act (accumulation and discretionary trusts: special rates of tax) not to apply to income of the trustees of an approved SIP in certain circumstances), and

(c)Schedule 4AA (which makes provision about deductions allowed in calculating trade profits for corporation tax purposes in respect of certain of a company’s expenses relating to—

(i)providing shares for the purposes of an approved SIP, or

(ii)the establishment or operation of the plan).

(2)SIPs are also dealt with in—

(a)Part 1 of Schedule 7D to TCGA 1992 (which provides for relief from capital gains tax for the trustees and for participants in relation to an approved SIP in certain circumstances, including where shares cease to be subject to the plan), and

(b)section 95 of FA 2001 (which contains relief from stamp duty and stamp duty reserve tax for transfers of partnership or dividend shares).

(3)The references in this section to ICTA, TCGA 1992 and FA 2001 are to those Acts as amended by Schedule 6 to this Act.