Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 7 Ch. 3 heading substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 137(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 137(1), Sch. 15 para. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 7 Ch. 3 applied (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 4(4) of the 1995 amending Act) by Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 (c. 12), Sch. 5B para. 6(4) (as inserted by Finance Act 1995 (c. 4), Sch. 13 para. 4(3))
(1)References in this Chapter, in relation to any individual, to the relief attributable to any shares or issue of shares shall be read, subject to the provisions of this Chapter providing for the reduction or withdrawal of relief, as references to any reduction made in the individual’s liability to income tax which is attributed to those shares or that issue in accordance with this section.
(2)Where an individual’s liability to income tax is reduced in any year of assessment (“the current year”) under section 289A, then—
(a)where the reduction is given by reason of an issue of shares made (or treated as made) in the current year, the amount of the reduction shall be attributed to that issue, and
(b)where the reduction is given by reason of two or more issues of shares made (or treated as made) in the current year, the reduction—
(i)shall be apportioned between those issues in the same proportions as the amounts subscribed by the individual for each issue, and
(ii)shall be attributed to those issues accordingly.
(3)Where under this section an amount of any reduction of income tax is attributed to an issue of shares (“the original issue”) in a company to an individual—
(a)a proportionate part of that amount shall be attributed to each share comprised in the original issue, and
(b)if any [F3corresponding bonus shares in that company] are issued to him at any subsequent time—
(i)a proportionate part of the total amount attributed immediately before that time to shares comprised in the original issue shall be attributed to each of the shares in the holding comprising those shares and the bonus shares, and
(ii)this Chapter shall apply as if the original holding had comprised all those shares.
[F4(3A)In subsection (3) above “” means bonus shares which—
(a)are issued in respect of the shares comprised in the original issue; and
(b)are of the same class, and carry the same rights, as those shares.]
[F5(4)Subject to subsection (5) below, in this Chapter references (however expressed) to an issue of eligible shares in any company to an individual are references to any eligible shares in the company that are of the same class and are issued to him on the [F6same day, but this subsection does not apply in relation to section 289A(6) and (7)].]
(5)Where section 289A(1) applies in the case of any issue of shares as if part of the issue had been issued in a previous year, this section and [F7sections 299(4) and 306(1)] shall have effect as if that part and the remainder were separate issues of shares (and that part had been issued on a day in the previous year).
(6)Where, at a time when any relief is attributable to, or to any part of, any issue of shares, the relief falls to be withdrawn or reduced under this Chapter—
(a)where it falls to be withdrawn, the relief attributable to each of the shares in question shall be reduced to nil, and
(b)where it falls to be reduced by any amount, the relief attributable to each of the shares in question shall be reduced by a proportionate part of that amount.]
Textual Amendments
F2Ss. 289-289B substituted for s. 289 (with effect in accordance with s. 137(2) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1994 (c. 9), s. 137(1), Sch. 15 para. 2
F3Words in s. 289B(3)(b) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 3(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 13 para. 3(1)
F4S. 289B(3A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 13 para. 3(5) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 13 para. 3(2)
F5S. 289B(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 13 para. 3(3)
F6Words in s. 289B(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 18 para. 21 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2004 (c. 12), Sch. 18 para. 3
F7Words in s. 289B(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 74(3) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 1998 (c. 36), Sch. 13 para. 3(4)