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Finance Act 1995

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136 Profit-related pay.

(1) In Schedule 8 to the Taxes Act 1988 (profit-related pay schemes) paragraph 19 (ascertainment of profits) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) below. (2) In sub-paragraph (6) (cases where scheme may provide for departure from requirements applicable to profit and loss account) paragraphs (g) to (k) (extraordinary items) shall be omitted. (3) After paragraph (ff) of sub-paragraph (6) there shall be inserted— (l) any exceptional items which fall within sub-paragraph (6A) below and should in accordance with any accounting practices regarded as standard be shown separately on the face of the profit and loss account. (4) After sub-paragraph (6) there shall be inserted— (6A) The items are— (a) profits or losses on the sale or termination of an operation; (b) costs of a fundamental reorganisation or restructuring having a material effect on the nature and focus of the employment unit’s operations; (c) profits or losses on the disposal of fixed assets; and (d) the effect on tax of any of the items mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) above. (5) Subject to subsections (6) to (10) below, subsections (2) to (4) above shall have effect in relation to the preparation, for the purposes of a scheme, of a profit and loss account in respect of a period beginning on or after the day on which this Act is passed. (6) Subsections (2) to (4) above shall not have effect in relation to an existing scheme unless, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, the scheme is altered to take account of the amendments made by those subsections. (7) Subsections (8) to (10) below apply where, before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (6) above, an existing scheme is altered as mentioned in that subsection. (8) The provision made by the scheme in compliance with paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 8 to the Taxes Act 1988 shall not prevent a profit and loss account being prepared in accordance with the alteration. (9) Where the distributable pool would but for this subsection be determined by reference— (a) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account prepared in accordance with the altered scheme, and (b) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account (“an earlier account”) prepared in accordance with the scheme in a form in which it stood before the alteration, then, for the purposes of the determination of the pool, the amount shown in the earlier account shall be recalculated using the same method as that used to calculate the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above. (10) The alteration of the existing scheme shall be treated as being within subsection (8) of section 177B of the Taxes Act 1988 (alterations which are registrable and which once registered cannot give rise to Board’s power of cancellation). (11) In subsections (6) to (10) above “an existing scheme” means a scheme which, immediately before the day on which this Act is passed, is registered under Chapter III of Part V of the Taxes Act 1988. (12) After paragraph 19 of Schedule 8 to the Taxes Act 1988 there shall be inserted— 19A (1) The Treasury may by order amend paragraph 19 above so as to add to, delete or vary any of the items mentioned in sub-paragraph (6) of that paragraph. (2) In this paragraph references to an order are references to an order under sub-paragraph (1) above. (3) Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) to (8) below, any amendment or amendments made by virtue of an order shall have effect in relation to the preparation, for the purposes of a scheme, of a profit and loss account in respect of a period beginning on or after the day on which the order comes into force. (4) Any amendment or amendments made by virtue of an order shall not have effect in relation to an existing scheme unless, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the order comes into force, the scheme is altered to take account of the amendment or amendments. (5) Sub-paragraphs (6) to (8) below apply where, before the end of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) above, an existing scheme is altered as mentioned in that sub-paragraph. (6) The provision made by the scheme in compliance with paragraph 20(1) below shall not prevent a profit and loss account being prepared in accordance with the alteration. (7) Where the distributable pool would but for this sub-paragraph be determined by reference— (a) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account prepared in accordance with the altered scheme, and (b) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account (“an earlier account”) prepared in accordance with the scheme in a form in which it stood before the alteration, then, for the purposes of the determination of the pool, the amount shown in the earlier account shall be recalculated using the same method as that used to calculate the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above. (8) The alteration of the existing scheme shall be treated as being within subsection (8) of section 177B. (9) An order may include such supplementary, incidental or consequential provisions as appear to the Treasury to be necessary or expedient. (10) In this paragraph “an existing scheme”, in relation to an order, means a scheme which, immediately before the day on which the order comes into force, is a registered scheme.

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136 Profit-related pay.

(1) In Schedule 8 to the Taxes Act 1988 (profit-related pay schemes) paragraph 19 (ascertainment of profits) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) below. (2) In sub-paragraph (6) (cases where scheme may provide for departure from requirements applicable to profit and loss account) paragraphs (g) to (k) (extraordinary items) shall be omitted. (3) After paragraph (ff) of sub-paragraph (6) there shall be inserted— (l) any exceptional items which fall within sub-paragraph (6A) below and should in accordance with any accounting practices regarded as standard be shown separately on the face of the profit and loss account. (4) After sub-paragraph (6) there shall be inserted— (6A) The items are— (a) profits or losses on the sale or termination of an operation; (b) costs of a fundamental reorganisation or restructuring having a material effect on the nature and focus of the employment unit’s operations; (c) profits or losses on the disposal of fixed assets; and (d) the effect on tax of any of the items mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c) above. (5) Subject to subsections (6) to (10) below, subsections (2) to (4) above shall have effect in relation to the preparation, for the purposes of a scheme, of a profit and loss account in respect of a period beginning on or after the day on which this Act is passed. (6) Subsections (2) to (4) above shall not have effect in relation to an existing scheme unless, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which this Act is passed, the scheme is altered to take account of the amendments made by those subsections. (7) Subsections (8) to (10) below apply where, before the end of the period mentioned in subsection (6) above, an existing scheme is altered as mentioned in that subsection. (8) The provision made by the scheme in compliance with paragraph 20(1) of Schedule 8 to the Taxes Act 1988 shall not prevent a profit and loss account being prepared in accordance with the alteration. (9) Where the distributable pool would but for this subsection be determined by reference— (a) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account prepared in accordance with the altered scheme, and (b) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account (“an earlier account”) prepared in accordance with the scheme in a form in which it stood before the alteration, then, for the purposes of the determination of the pool, the amount shown in the earlier account shall be recalculated using the same method as that used to calculate the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above. (10) The alteration of the existing scheme shall be treated as being within subsection (8) of section 177B of the Taxes Act 1988 (alterations which are registrable and which once registered cannot give rise to Board’s power of cancellation). (11) In subsections (6) to (10) above “an existing scheme” means a scheme which, immediately before the day on which this Act is passed, is registered under Chapter III of Part V of the Taxes Act 1988. (12) After paragraph 19 of Schedule 8 to the Taxes Act 1988 there shall be inserted— 19A (1) The Treasury may by order amend paragraph 19 above so as to add to, delete or vary any of the items mentioned in sub-paragraph (6) of that paragraph. (2) In this paragraph references to an order are references to an order under sub-paragraph (1) above. (3) Subject to sub-paragraphs (4) to (8) below, any amendment or amendments made by virtue of an order shall have effect in relation to the preparation, for the purposes of a scheme, of a profit and loss account in respect of a period beginning on or after the day on which the order comes into force. (4) Any amendment or amendments made by virtue of an order shall not have effect in relation to an existing scheme unless, before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the day on which the order comes into force, the scheme is altered to take account of the amendment or amendments. (5) Sub-paragraphs (6) to (8) below apply where, before the end of the period mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) above, an existing scheme is altered as mentioned in that sub-paragraph. (6) The provision made by the scheme in compliance with paragraph 20(1) below shall not prevent a profit and loss account being prepared in accordance with the alteration. (7) Where the distributable pool would but for this sub-paragraph be determined by reference— (a) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account prepared in accordance with the altered scheme, and (b) to an amount shown in a profit and loss account (“an earlier account”) prepared in accordance with the scheme in a form in which it stood before the alteration, then, for the purposes of the determination of the pool, the amount shown in the earlier account shall be recalculated using the same method as that used to calculate the amount mentioned in paragraph (a) above. (8) The alteration of the existing scheme shall be treated as being within subsection (8) of section 177B. (9) An order may include such supplementary, incidental or consequential provisions as appear to the Treasury to be necessary or expedient. (10) In this paragraph “an existing scheme”, in relation to an order, means a scheme which, immediately before the day on which the order comes into force, is a registered scheme.

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