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701Meaning of “asset”U.K.

(1)In this Chapter “asset” includes any property and in particular any investment of a kind specified in Part 3 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544).

This is subject to subsection (2).

(2)In this Chapter “asset” does not include—

(a)any payment actually made of, or on account of, PAYE income;

(b)F1... any cash voucher, non-cash voucher or credit-token;

(c)the following—

(i)any shares acquired by the employee (whether or not as a result of the exercise of a right to acquire shares) under a scheme approved under F2... F3... Schedule 9 to ICTA (approved profit sharing schemes),

[F4(iza)any shares acquired by the employee under a scheme which is a Schedule 3 SAYE option scheme (see Schedule 3),]

[F5(ia)any shares acquired by the employee [F6under a scheme [F7which is a Schedule 4 CSOP scheme (see Schedule 4)] in circumstances in which Condition A or B as set out in section 524(2) or (2A) is met;]]

F8(ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii)any shares acquired by the employee as the result of the exercise of a right over shares obtained before 27th November 1996 [F9where the avoidance of tax or national insurance contributions is not the main purpose (or one of the main purposes) of any arrangements under which the right was obtained or is exercised],

if the shares in question form part of the ordinary share capital of a company falling within subsection (3); or

(d)any description of property for the time being excluded from the scope of this section by PAYE regulations.

(3)A company falls within this subsection if it—

(a)is the employer (“the employer company”);

(b)has control of the employer company; or

(c)either is, or has control of, a company which is a member of a consortium owning either the employer company or a company having control of the employer company.

[F10(3A)Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) does not apply to shares after their acquisition as mentioned in that paragraph.]

(4)In this section “share” includes stock.

(5)For the purposes of this section a company is a member of a consortium owning another company if it is one of a number of companies which between them beneficially own not less than 75% of the other company’s ordinary share capital and each of which beneficially owns not less than 5% of that capital.

Textual Amendments

F3Words in s. 701(2)(c)(i) repealed (with effect in accordance with Sch. 21 para. 18(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 21 para. 18(2), Sch. 43 Pt. 3(3)

F5S. 701(2)(c)(ia) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 21 para. 18(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 21 para. 18(3)

F6Words in s. 701(2)(c)(ia) substituted (18.6.2004 with effect in accordance with s. 88(11)-(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 88(9)(a)

F8S. 701(2)(c)(ii) repealed (18.6.2004 with effect in accordance with s. 88(11)-(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 88(9)(b), Sch. 42 Pt. 2(11)

F9Words in s. 701(2)(c)(iii) inserted (18.6.2004 with effect in accordance with s. 88(11)-(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 88(9)(c)

F10S. 701(3A) inserted (18.6.2004 with effect in accordance with s. 88(11)-(13) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), s. 88(10)

702Meaning of “readily convertible asset”U.K.

(1)In this Chapter “readily convertible asset” means—

(a)an asset capable of being sold or otherwise realised on—

(i)a recognised investment exchange (within the meaning of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8)),

(ii)the London Bullion Market,

(iii)the New York Stock Exchange, or

(iv)a market for the time being specified in PAYE regulations;

(b)an asset consisting in—

(i)the rights of an assignee, or any other rights, in respect of a money debt that is or may become due to the employer or any other person,

(ii)property that is subject to a warehousing regime, or any right in respect of property so subject, or

(iii)anything that is likely (without anything being done by the employee) to give rise to, or to become, a right enabling a person to obtain an amount or total amount of money which is likely to be similar to the expense incurred in the provision of the asset; or

(c)an asset for which trading arrangements are in existence, or are likely to come into existence in accordance with—

(i)any arrangements of another description existing when the asset is provided, or

(ii)any understanding existing at that time.

(2)For the purposes of this section trading arrangements for any asset provided to any person exist whenever there exist any arrangements the effect of which in relation to that asset is to enable—

(a)that person, or

(b)a member of that person’s family or household,

to obtain an amount or total amount of money that is, or is likely to be, similar to the expense incurred in the provision of that asset.

(3)PAYE regulations may exclude any description of arrangements from being trading arrangements for the purposes of this section.

(4)References in this section to enabling a person to obtain an amount of money are to be read—

(a)as references to enabling an amount to be obtained by that person by any means at all, including in particular—

(i)by using any asset or other property as security for a loan or advance, or

(ii)by using any rights comprised in or attached to any asset or other property to obtain any asset for which trading arrangements exist; and

(b)as including references to cases where a person is enabled to obtain an amount as a member of a class or description of persons, as well as where the person is so enabled in the person’s own right.

(5)For the purposes of this section an amount is similar to the expense incurred in the provision of any asset if it is, or is an amount of money equivalent to—

(a)the amount of the expense so incurred, or

(b)a greater amount, or

(c)an amount that is less than that amount but not substantially so.

[F11(5A)An asset consisting in securities which is not a readily convertible asset apart from this subsection is to be treated as a readily convertible asset unless the securities are shares that are corporation tax deductible.

(5B)For the purposes of subsection (5A) shares are corporation tax deductible if they are acquired by a person—

(a)by reason of that, or another person's, employment with a company, or

(b)pursuant to an option granted by reason of that, or another person's, employment with a company,

and the company is entitled to corporation tax relief in respect of the shares under [F12Part 12 of CTA 2009] (corporation tax relief for employee share acquisition).

(5C)If a person acquires additional shares by virtue of holding shares that are corporation tax deductible, the additional shares are to be treated for the purposes of subsection (5A) as if they were corporation tax deductible.

(5D)If—

(a)on a person ceasing to be beneficially entitled to shares that are corporation tax deductible, that person acquires other shares, and

(b)the circumstances are such that the shares to which the person ceases to be beneficially entitled constitute “original shares” and the other shares constitute a “new holding” for the purposes of sections 127 to 130 of TCGA 1992,

the shares that constitute the new holding are to be treated for the purposes of subsection (5A) as if they were corporation tax deductible.]

(6)In this section—

  • money” includes money expressed in a currency other than sterling;

  • money debt” means any obligation which falls to be, or may be, settled—

    (a)

    by the payment of money, or

    (b)

    by the transfer of a right to settlement under an obligation which is itself a money debt;

  • [F13"securities" has the same meaning as in Chapters 1 to 5 of Part 7 (employment income from securities) (see section 420),

  • shares” includes—

    (a)

    an interest in shares, and

    (b)

    stock or an interest in stock,]

  • warehousing regime” means—

    (a)

    a warehousing or fiscal warehousing regime (within the meaning of sections 18 to 18F of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23)); or

    (b)

    any corresponding arrangements in a State other than the United Kingdom which is a Contracting Party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993.

Textual Amendments

F11S. 702(5A)-(5D) inserted (10.7.2003) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 22 para. 15(2)

F12Words in s. 702(5B) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 1 para. 555 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)

F13Words in s. 702(6) inserted (10.7.2003) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 22 para. 15(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 702 modified (10.7.2003) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 22 para. 15(4)

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