127Tradeable assets
After section 203E of the Taxes Act 1988 (which is inserted by section 126 above) there shall be inserted—
“203FPAYE: tradeable assets
(1)Where any assessable income of an employee is provided in the form of a tradeable asset, the employer shall be treated, for the purposes of PAYE regulations, as making a payment of that income of an amount equal to the amount specified in subsection (3) below.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above “tradeable asset” means—
(a)any asset capable of being sold or otherwise realised on a recognised investment exchange (within the meaning of the [1986 c. 60.] Financial Services Act 1986) or the London Bullion Market;
(b)any asset capable of being sold or otherwise realised on any market for the time being specified in PAYE regulations; and
(c)any other asset for which, at the time when the asset is provided, trading arrangements exist.
(3)The amount referred to is—
(a)in the case of an asset falling within subsection (2)(a) or (b) above, the amount for which it is capable of being sold or the amount for which it can be realised on the exchange or market in question; and
(b)in the case of an asset for which trading arrangements exist at the time when the asset is provided, the amount which is obtained under those arrangements.
(4)For the purposes of subsection (2) above, “asset” does not include—
(a)any payment actually made of, or on account of, assessable income;
(b)any non-cash voucher, credit-token or cash voucher (as defined in sections 141 to 143); or
(c)any description of property for the time being excluded from the scope of this section by PAYE regulations.
(5)Subject to subsection (4) above, for the purposes of subsection (2) above “asset” includes any property and in particular any right or interest falling within any paragraph in Part I of Schedule 1 to the [1986 c. 60.] Financial Services Act 1986.”