Commentary on Sections Example 3 Ne = £5,000; Da = 183; De = 183; Smg = 0 Section 491: No charge on award of shares as taxable benefit
2023.This section is the second of four that deal with the tax advantages connected with the award of shares. It provides that an employee is not liable to income tax under Chapter 8 of Part 3. That Chapter forms part of the benefits code, and provides for income tax liabilities to arise on acquisitions of shares.
2024.This section derives from paragraph 78(2) of Schedule 8 to FA 2000. That sub-paragraph contains a second sentence stating that any charge to tax under section 162(6) of ICTA remained unaffected. As the provision is expressed in this section in a form that does not impinge in any way on the provisions rewriting section 162(6) of ICTA (in Chapter 9 of Part 3), this second sentence has been omitted on the basis that it is unnecessary.