Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003

[F1 Information U.K.

Textual Amendments

F1 Pt. 7 Ch. 1 substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 22 para. 2(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2003 (c. 14), Sch. 22 para. 2(1)

421J Duty to provide information U.K.

(1) This section applies in relation to reportable events.

(2) Section 421K explains what are reportable events for the purposes of this section.

(3) Each person who is a responsible person in relation to a reportable event must provide [F2 an officer of Revenue and Customs] with particulars in writing of the reportable event before 7th July in the tax year following that in which the reportable event takes place.

(4) [F2 An officer of Revenue and Customs] may by notice require any person to provide [F3 the officer] with such particulars of any reportable events—

(a) which take place in a period specified in the notice, and

(b) in relation to which that person is a responsible person,

as are required by the notice or, if no reportable event in relation to which that person is a responsible person has taken place in that period, to state that fact.

(5) A notice under subsection (4) must specify a date by which it must be complied with.

(6) That date must not be less than 30 days after the date when the notice is given.

(7) Once one person complies with the duty imposed by subsection (3) in relation to a reportable event, that subsection ceases to impose a duty on any other person in relation to the reportable event.

(8) Once a person complies with the duty imposed by a notice under subsection (4) by providing the required particulars of a reportable event, subsection (3) ceases to impose a duty on that person or any other person in relation to that reportable event.

(9) Section 421L explains who are the responsible persons in relation to a reportable event.

(10) The particulars required by, or by a notice under, this section must be provided in a form specified by [F4 the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs] .

(11) A person need not provide particulars required by, or by a notice under, this section if they have been given in a notice under paragraph 44 of Schedule 5 (enterprise management incentives: notice of option to be given to [F2 an officer of Revenue and Customs]).

In other respects the obligations imposed by, or by a notice under, this section and by that paragraph are independent of each other.

(12) Paragraph 52 of that Schedule contains a duty to deliver annual returns where a company’s shares are subject to a qualifying option within the meaning of that Schedule.

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in Act substituted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 102(1); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)

F3 Words in s. 421J(4) substituted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 103(1)(i); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)

F4 Words in Act substituted (18.4.2005) by Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11), s. 53(1), Sch. 4 para. 102(2); S.I. 2005/1126, art. 2(2)(h)

421K Reportable events U.K.

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 421J (duty to provide information).

(2) Each of the events mentioned in subsection (3) is a reportable event.

(3) The events are—

(a) an acquisition (or an event treated as an acquisition) of securities, an interest in securities or a securities option pursuant to a right or opportunity available by reason of the employment of the person who acquires the securities, interest in securities or securities option or of any other person,

(b) an event which is a chargeable event in relation to securities, or an interest in securities, for the purposes of section 426 (chargeable events in relation to restricted securities and restricted interests in securities),

(c) an event which is a chargeable event in relation to securities, or an interest in securities, for the purposes of section 438 (chargeable events in relation to convertible securities and interests in convertible securities),

(d) the doing of anything which gives rise to a taxable amount counting as employment income under section 446L (artificial enhancement of market value of securities),

(e) an event which discharges a notional loan relating to securities, or an interest in securities, under section 446U (securities and interests in securities acquired for less than market value),

(f) a disposal of securities, or an interest in securities, by virtue of which Chapter 3D of this Part applies (securities and interests in securities disposed of for more than market value),

(g) the receipt of a benefit which gives rise to a taxable amount counting as employment income under section 447 (charge on benefit from securities or interest in securities) [F5 or would give rise to such an amount but for Chapter 4A (shares in research institution spin-out companies)],

(h) the assignment or release of a securities option acquired pursuant to a right or opportunity available by reason of the employment of the person who acquires the securities option or any other person, and

(i) the receipt of a benefit in money or money’s worth which is (or by virtue of section 477(6) is to be regarded as being) received in connection with such a securities option.

Textual Amendments

F5 Words in s. 421K(3)(g) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 20(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2005 (c. 7), s. 20(4)

421L Persons to whom section 421J applies U.K.

(1) This section applies for the purposes of section 421J (duty to provide information).

(2) Each of the following persons is a responsible person in relation to a reportable event.

(3) The persons are—

(a) the employer in question,

(b) any host employer of the employee in question,

(c) the person from whom the securities in question were, or interest or option in question was, acquired, and

(d) in relation to a reportable event concerning securities or an interest in securities which are not excluded securities, the person by whom the securities were issued.

(4) In subsection (3)(b) “host employer” means a person other than the employer in question—

(a) for whom the employee in question works at the time of the reportable event, and

(b) who would, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 689 (employees of non-UK employers working for a person other than the employer), be treated for the purposes of PAYE regulations as making a payment of PAYE income of the employee in question if a payment to which subsection (5) would apply were made by the employer in question in respect of the period during which the employee works for the other person.

(5) For the purposes of subsection (4)(b) this subsection would apply to a payment if—

(a) it were a payment of PAYE income of the employee, and

(b) the conditions in subsection (1)(c) and (d) of section 689 were satisfied in relation to the payment.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (3)(d) securities are excluded securities in relation to a reportable event if they are—

(a) loan stock, bonds or other instruments creating or acknowledging indebtedness issued by or on behalf of any national or regional government or local authority (in the United Kingdom or elsewhere) or any body whose members consists of states, national or regional governments or local authorities, or

(b) securities which are issued by a person who, at the time of the reportable event, is not connected with the employer in question and which are listed [F6 on a recognised stock exchange or dealt in on any designated market in the United Kingdom].

[F7 (7) In subsection (6)(b) “designated” means designated by an order made by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs for the purposes of that provision.

(8) An order under subsection (7) may—

(a) designate a market by name or by reference to any class or description of market, and

(b) vary or revoke a previous order under that subsection.]]

Textual Amendments

F6 Words in s. 421L(6)(b) substituted (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 26 para. 10(2)(a)

F7 S. 421L(7)(8) inserted (19.7.2007) by Finance Act 2007 (c. 11), Sch. 26 para. 10(2)(b)