Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

Disposals

437 Transactions which are disposals

(1) References in this Chapter to the disposal of a deeply discounted security are—

(a) to its redemption,

(b) to its transfer by sale, exchange, gift or otherwise, including a transfer treated as made by subsection (3), and

(c) so far as not covered by paragraph (a) or (b), to its conversion under its terms into shares in a company or other securities (including other deeply discounted securities).

(2) The person treated as making a disposal is—

(a) in the case of a disposal within subsection (1)(a), the person entitled as the security’s holder to any payment on the disposal,

(b) in the case of a disposal within subsection (1)(b), the transferor, and

(c) in the case of a disposal within subsection (1)(c), the person who would be entitled as the security’s holder to any payment on the disposal, if such a payment were made.

(3) A person who dies while entitled to a deeply discounted security is treated as transferring it immediately before death to the personal representatives.

(4) In the case of strips, further provision about occasions counting as disposals is made by section 445(2) and (6)(a).

438 Timing of transfers and acquisitions

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a transfer or acquisition of a deeply discounted security is made under an agreement, and

(b) the transferee or the person making the acquisition becomes entitled to the security at the time the agreement is made.

(2) The transfer or acquisition is treated as occurring at that time.

(3) For this purpose a conditional agreement is taken to be made when the condition is met.

(4) This section is subject to section 445(7) (exchanges for and consolidation of strips).