Employment-related securities ― PAYE

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Employment Tax
Guidance

Employment-related securities ― PAYE

Copyright © 2025 LexisNexis
Produced by Tolley in association with Helen Wood of HLN WD TX
Employment Tax
Guidance
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Introduction

Awards of securities, exercise (or vesting) of securities options and certain other events relating to employment related securities (ERS) may be liable to income tax as earnings under ITEPA 2003 s 62, or the special ERS rules under ITEPA 2003 ss 417 – 554 (Part 7).

The tax charges may be personal tax charges for the employee via self-assessment, or employers may be obliged to withhold income tax and NIC under PAYE.

This note aims to set out which ERS related tax charges, and in what circumstances, employers must operate PAYE and NIC, and the practical implications of doing so.

Share awards

An outright award of ERS represents ‘money’s worth’ and is taxable under ITEPA 2003, s 62. The taxable amount is the market value of the securities less any payment made by the employee. Market value is de-fined at TCGA 1992 ss 272 - 273

The ‘money’s worth’ taxable amount may be a personal tax liability of the employee, payable via their self-assessment tax return, or there may

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Founder, HLN WD TX , Employment Tax

Helen Wood is the founder of HLN WD TX, a share schemes and employee incentives advisory business.She qualified as a CA with ICAS in 2009 and has worked as a specialist reward and incentives advisor for 17 years, spending 13 of those at KPMG followed by 3 ½ years as an Associate Director at RSM. Helen has worked with businesses ranging from start-ups to fully listed companies, spanning owner-managed businesses, private equity portfolio companies, and AIM listed businesses.She advises on a wide range of employee share schemes and employment related securities matters including the design and implementation of effective management and employee incentives; tax valuation of employment related securities, buy and sell side transaction support, HMRC compliance, tax due diligence and employee ownership trust transactions.

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