Section 41B — Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003: Section 41A: the relevant period

Section 41A: the relevant period 41B 1 “The relevant period” is to be determined as follows.

2 In the case of an amount that counts as employment income by virtue of Chapter 2 (restricted securities) or Chapter 3 (convertible securities), the relevant period—

a begins with the day of the acquisition, and b ends with the day of the chargeable event.

3 In the case of an amount that counts as employment income by virtue of section 446U (securities acquired for less than market value: discharge of notional loan)—

a if the relevant securities were acquired by virtue of the exercise of a securities option (“the option”), the relevant period—

i begins with the day of the acquisition of the option, and ii ends with the day the option vests, and b otherwise, the relevant period is—

i the tax year in which the notional loan (within the meaning of Chapter 3C) is treated as made, or ii if the chargeable event occurs in that year, the period beginning at the beginning of that year and ending with the day of that event.

4 In the case of an amount that counts as employment income by virtue of—

a Chapter 3D (securities disposed of for more than market value), or b Chapter 4 (post-acquisition benefits from securities), the relevant period is the tax year in which the chargeable event occurs.

5 In the case of an amount that counts as employment income by virtue of Chapter 5 (employment-related securities options), the relevant period—

a begins with the day of the acquisition, and b ends with the day of the chargeable event or, if earlier, the day the relevant securities option vests.

6 In this section “ the acquisition ” has the same meaning as in Chapters 2 to 4 or Chapter 5 (see section 421B or 471).

7 For the purposes of this section an option “vests” when it is first capable of being exercised.

8 References in this section to a Chapter are to a Chapter of Part 7.