Point in time view as at 02/12/2019.
Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003, Cross Heading: Finance Act 2001 (c. 9) is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
257U.K.For section 95 of the Finance Act 2001 (exemptions in relation to employee share ownership plans) substitute—
(1)This section forms part of the SIP code (see section 488 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (approved share incentive plans)).
(2)Accordingly, expressions used in this section and contained in the index at the end of Schedule 2 to that Act (approved share incentive plans) have the meaning indicated by that index.
(3)Where, under an approved share incentive plan, partnership shares or dividend shares are transferred by the trustees to an employee—
(a)no ad valorem stamp duty is chargeable on any instrument by which the transfer is made, and
(b)no stamp duty reserve tax is chargeable on any agreement by the trustees to make the transfer.
(4)But subsection (3) does not apply to—
(a)any instrument executed (within the meaning of the Stamp Act 1891) before 6th April 2003, or
(b)any agreement to transfer shares made before that date.”
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Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6 para. 258 repealed (with effect in accordance with s. 1329(1) of the amending Act) by Corporation Tax Act 2009 (c. 4), s. 1329(1), Sch. 3 Pt. 1 (with Sch. 2 Pts. 1, 2)
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