Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005

Special rules for listed securities held since 26th March 2003 U.K.

453 Application of sections 454 to 456 U.K.

(1) In the case of a disposal of a deeply discounted security that meets conditions A and B, the rules in sections 454 to 456 apply for—

(a) providing for relief for losses on the disposal, and

(b) calculating the amount of profits chargeable under this Chapter on the disposal or the losses for which such relief may be given.

(2) Condition A is that the person making the disposal has held the security continuously since a time before 27th March 2003.

(3) Condition B is that the security was listed on a recognised stock exchange at any time before 27th March 2003.

454 Listed securities held since 26th March 2003: relief for losses U.K.

(1) A person may claim relief from income tax under this section for a loss the person has made on disposing of deeply discounted securities.

(2) For this purpose a person makes such a loss only if A exceeds B, where—

• A is the amount the person paid for the securities, excluding any incidental expenses incurred in connection with the acquisition, and

• B is the amount payable on the disposal, excluding any incidental expenses incurred in connection with the disposal.

(3) For the calculation of the amount of the loss, see section 455(2) to (4) (under which those expenses are taken into account).

[F1 (4) If a claim under this section is made by a person other than a trustee, the relief is given by deducting the loss in calculating the person's net income for the tax year in which the disposal occurs (see Step 2 of the calculation in section 23 of ITA 2007).]

(5) If such a claim is made by a trustee, the amount of profits arising in the tax year in which the disposal occurs that is charged under this Chapter is reduced by the amount of the loss.

(6) A claim under this section must be made on or before the first anniversary of the normal self-assessment filing date for the tax year in which the disposal occurs.

(7) This section is subject to section 458(2) (securities held by non-UK resident trustees).

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 454(4) substituted (6.4.2007 with effect as stated in s. 1034(1) of the amending Act) by Income Tax Act 2007 (c. 3), ss. 1027, 1034, Sch. 1 para. 525 (with transitional provisions and savings in Sch. 2)

455 Listed securities held since 26th March 2003: calculating the profit or loss on disposals U.K.

(1) A person's profit on a disposal, as calculated under section 439, is reduced by any incidental expenses incurred [F2 before 6 April 2015 ] by that person in connection with the disposal or the acquisition of the security that have not been deducted under section 439(4).

(2) A person's loss on a disposal for the purposes of section 454 (relief for losses) is the amount by which the deductible costs exceed the amount payable on the disposal.

(3) In this section the “deductible costs” means—

(a) the amount paid by the person to acquire the security, and

(b) the incidental expenses incurred [F3 before 6 April 2015 ] by that person in connection with the disposal or the acquisition.

(4) Where a person re-acquires a security, any previous acquisition of it is ignored in determining the person's incidental expenses within subsection (1) or deductible costs on a subsequent disposal.

(5) For the purposes of this section, no incidental expenses are treated as incurred in connection with transfers and reacquisitions within section 445(2) and (3) (transfer and immediate reacquisition of strips on 5th April).

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 455(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 48(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 39 para. 48(1)(a)

F3 Words in s. 455(3)(b) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 48(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 39 para. 48(1)(b)

456 Securities issued to connected persons etc. at excessive price: subsequent transfers to connected persons U.K.

(1) No loss is taken to occur for the purposes of section 454 on a transfer of a deeply discounted security to a person connected with the transferor if conditions A and B and either condition C or conditions D and E are met.

(2) Condition A is that the transferor acquired the security on its issue.

(3) Condition B is that the amount paid by the transferor to acquire the security exceeded the market value of the security at the time of its issue.

(4) Condition C is that at that time the transferor was connected with the issuer.

(5) Condition D is that at that time the issuer was a close company.

(6) Condition E is that at that time the transferor controlled that company with other persons to whom securities of the same kind were also issued.

[F4 (7) Chapter 2 of Part 10 of CTA 2010 (meaning of “close company”) applies for the purposes of this section but with the omission of section 442(a) (exclusion of non-UK resident companies).]

(8) In this section “control” has the meaning given by [F5 sections 450 and 451 of CTA 2010].

Textual Amendments

F4 S. 456(7) substituted (1.4.2010) (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 466(2) (with Sch. 2)

F5 Words in s. 456(8) substituted (1.4.2010) (with effect in accordance with s. 1184(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2010 (c. 4), s. 1184(1), Sch. 1 para. 466(3) (with Sch. 2)