Corporation Tax Act 2009

1017 Condition relating to employee's income tax position U.K.

(1) The following condition must be met in relation to the income tax position of the employee.

The Condition

The acquisition of the shares is a chargeable event in relation to the employee for the purposes of section 476 of ITEPA 2003 (whether or not an amount counts as employment income of the employee because of that event).

(2) Subsection (3) applies if the condition—

(a) is not met, but

(b) would be met if at all material times the employee had been a UK employee.

(3) This Chapter applies as if the employee had been a UK employee as mentioned in subsection (2)(b).

(4) The employee is a UK employee if—

(a) the employee is UK resident F1 ..., and

(b) the duties of the relevant employment are performed in the United Kingdom.

(5) If the employee is dead when the shares are acquired, the condition is to be treated as met if it would have been met had the employee been alive.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 1017(4)(a) omitted (with application in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 142(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 142(1)