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(a) income tax shall not be chargeable under section 128 in respect of any gain realised by the exercise of the right, and

128ADeferral of payment of tax under section 128.

(a) for any year of assessment a person is chargeable to tax under Schedule E, by virtue of section 128, on an amount equal to a gain realised by the exercise of a right to acquire shares in a company (“the relevant shares”), which right was exercised on or after 6 April 2000 in the period from 6 April 2000 to the date of the passing of the Finance Act 2003, and

(b) following an assessment for the year in which that right was exercised (“the relevant year”) an amount of tax, chargeable by virtue of section 128 in respect of the amount referred to in paragraph (a), is payable to the Collector-General, and

(II) the market value of those shares at the date of the first-mentioned disposal is less than the tax chargeable under section 128, by reference to the exercise of an option to acquire those shares,

(II) the market value of the relevant shares is, at the first-mentioned date, less than the tax chargeable under section 128, by reference to the exercise of an option to acquire those shares,

(b) Where a person who is entitled to make an election in accordance with subsection (3), after 6 February 2003 and on or before 31 October in the year of assessment following the relevant year in respect of relevant shares, does not do so, or tax chargeable under section 128, in respect of any gain realised by the exercise before 6 February 2003 of a right to acquire shares, is due after 6 February 2003 but on or before 31 October in the year of assessment following the relevant year, and the market value of the shares on—

is less than the tax chargeable under section 128, then an amount, being an amount equal to that market value, shall be due and payable to the Collector-General within 30 days after the said 31 October, and the balance of the tax chargeable remaining unpaid after that payment shall be payable in the event of, and by reference to, disposals of any shares in a company in a year of assessment, in accordance with paragraph (d), being disposals after the said 31 October or the date of the first-mentioned disposal of the shares, as the case may be.

(c) In all cases other than those referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), where tax is chargeable under section 128 on an amount equal to a gain realised by the exercise, at any time before 6 February 2003, of a right to acquire shares in a company, and the market value of the shares on—

is less than the tax chargeable under section 128, then an amount, being an amount equal to that market value, shall be due and payable to the Collector-General on or before 30 June 2003, and the balance of the tax chargeable remaining unpaid after that payment shall be payable in the event of, and by reference to, disposals of any shares in a company in a year of assessment, in accordance with paragraph (d), being disposals after 6 February 2003.

(II) (A) where this subsection does not apply to the payment of income tax chargeable under section 128 by reference to the acquisition of the shares, the amount of the income tax so chargeable, or

(B) where this subsection does apply to the payment of income tax chargeable under section 128 by reference to the acquisition of the shares, the total amount paid, before the date of the disposal, in respect of that income tax,

(f) In any case where, at any time, the requirements of this subsection have not been fully complied with, any amount of tax chargeable under section 128 which is unpaid shall be due and payable as if this subsection had not been enacted.

(g) Any tax chargeable under section 128 which is due and payable in accordance with subsection (4) or this subsection, which remains unpaid at the date of death of the chargeable person, shall be discharged by the Revenue Commissioners.

(h) Any amount paid before 6 February 2003 in respect of tax chargeable under section 128 shall not be repaid by reference to any provision of this subsection.

(j) A person shall not, at any time, be entitled to avail of the provisions of this subsection where, at that time, he or she has not paid, or agreed an arrangement acceptable to the Collector-General for the payment of, tax due and payable which is chargeable under section 128 in respect of the exercise of a right to acquire shares to which this subsection does not apply.

(4B) In any case where the provisions of subsection (4A) apply, the amount by which the market value of the shares at the time of acquisition exceeds the market value at the date of disposal of those shares, or any part of that amount, shall not be an allowable loss for the purposes of the Capital Gains Tax Acts until such time as the tax liability of the person under section 128 has been paid in full to the Collector-General.

(6) Subject to any other provision of the Income Tax Acts requiring income of any description to be treated as the highest part of a person’s income, in determining for the purposes of paragraph (b) of subsection (1) what tax is chargeable on a person by virtue of section 128 in respect of an amount referred to in paragraph (a) of that subsection, that amount shall be treated as the highest part of his or her income for the relevant year.

128B Payment of tax under section 128.

(1) This section applies where, by virtue of section 128, a person (in this section referred to as a “taxable person”) is chargeable to tax under Schedule E for a year of assessment on an amount equal to the gain realised by the exercise, on or after 30 June 2003, of a right to acquire shares (in this section referred to as “relevant shares”) in a company.

A is the amount of that gain computed in accordance with section 128(4), and

(i) any charge to income tax under Schedule E and computed in accordance with section 112 or 128 on the acquisition of the employment-related securities, or

(a) a director or employee acquires shares (including shares acquired on the exercise of a right to which section 128 applies) in a company as a director or employee of that company or of another company,

(a) any charge to income tax amount chargeable to income tax under Schedule E (and computed in accordance with section 112 or 128, as the case may be), or under Schedule D, on the acquisition of the shares, shall be reduced by an amount determined by the formula—

(9) For the purposes of subsection (8), a person shall be deemed to award restricted shares to a director or employee where the director or employee acquires the restricted shares on the exercise of a right to which section 128 applies, and the right was granted to the director or employee by the person.

(a) a director or employee acquires shares (including shares acquired on the exercise of a right to which section 128 applies) in a company as a director or employee of that company or of another company, and

(5) Where this section applies, any charge to income tax under Schedule E (and computed in accordance with section 112 or 128, as the case may be), or under Schedule D, on the acquisition of the shares, shall be computed by reference to the market value of the shares at the date of acquisition but without regard to provision in a contract or agreement referred to in subsection (3) for the forfeiture of the shares.

(2A) For the purposes of subsection (2), relevant income shall not include any amount in respect of which an individual is chargeable to tax under Schedule E in accordance with section 128(2).

(f) any gain to which section 128 applies.

Eis all the income, profits or gains that arise in the year of assessment from a relevant office or employment, whether chargeable under Schedule D or E, and includes so much of any gain to which section 128 applies on which tax is payable in the State where such gain is realised by the exercise, assignment or release of a right obtained by the individual as an office holder or employee in the relevant office or employment, after deducting any contribution or qualifying premium in respect of which there is provision for a deduction under section 774(7), 787, 787E or 787N but excluding—

(g) any gain to which section 128 applies;