Non tax-advantaged share awards

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Personal Tax
Guidance

Non tax-advantaged share awards

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance
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Summary

HMRC tax-advantaged share award plans are limited in size, tightly defined and, broadly, require awards to be offered to all staff. See the Share incentive plans guidance note. Accordingly, any awards outside this type of plan are considered non tax-advantaged (previously known as ‘unapproved’).

Typically, share awards are seen in the reward packages of senior executives and key employees, often as part of a wider long-term incentive plan (LTIP).

Although there may be some similarities between awards of shares and grant of options, the key difference is that with options, the actual ownership of the share is delayed until the option is exercised. In addition to practical considerations (such as the clock for business asset disposal relief usually starting from the date of share acquisition, see the Conditions for business asset disposal relief guidance note), it may be considered to be a better incentive for employees to have ownership from an earlier date.

Acquisition of the shares

The first consideration with any share award is to establish the market value of the shares being acquired,

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