SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 5Enterprise management incentives

Part 8Supplementary provisions

Power to require information

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1

The Inland Revenue may by notice require a person to provide them with information—

a

which they reasonably require for the performance of their functions under the EMI code, and

b

which the person to whom the notice is addressed has or can reasonably obtain.

2

The power conferred by this paragraph extends, in particular, to information to enable the Inland Revenue—

a

to decide whether a share option is a qualifying option, or

b

to determine the liability to tax, including capital gains tax, of any person who has been granted a qualifying option.

3

The notice must require the information to be provided within a specified period, which must not end earlier than 3 months after the date when the notice is given.