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Employee Share Schemes - Section 14

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“Employee Share Scheme” means any agreement or arrangement under which a company may issue shares in the company to –

(a) an employee of the company or an employee of an associated company; or

(b) the trustee of a trust and under the trust deed the trustee may transfer the shares to an employee of the company or an employee of an associated company.

Right or Option to Acquire Shares

The value of a right or option to acquire shares under an employee share scheme granted to an employee shall not be chargeable to tax.


Where, in a tax year, an employee disposes of a right or option to acquire shares under an employee share scheme, the amount chargeable to tax to the employee under the head “Salary” for that year shall include the amount of any gain made on the disposal computed in accordance with the following formula, namely:–
A-B

where –

A is the consideration received for the disposal of the right or option; and

B is the employee’s cost in respect of the right or option.


Issue of Shares:

Where, in a tax year, an employee is issued with shares under an employee share scheme including as a result of the exercise of an option or right to acquire the shares, the amount chargeable to tax to the employee under the head “Salary” for that year shall include the fair market value of the shares determined at the date of issue, as reduced by any consideration given by the employee for the shares including any amount given as consideration for the grant of a right or option to acquire the shares.


Where shares issued to an employee under an employee share scheme are subject to a restriction on the transfer of the shares –


(a) no amount shall be chargeable to tax to the employee under the head “Salary” until the earlier of –


(i) the time the employee has a free right to transfer the shares; or

(ii) the time the employee disposes of the shares; and


(b) the amount chargeable to tax to the employee shall be the fair market value of the shares at the time the employee has a free right to transfer the shares or disposes of the shares, as the case may be, as reduced by any consideration given by the employee for the shares including any amount given as consideration for the grant of a right or option to acquire the shares.


The cost of the shares to the employee shall be the sum of –


(a) the consideration given by the employee for the shares;

(b) the consideration given by the employee for the grant of any right or option. and
(c) the amount chargeable to tax under the head “Salary”.

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Tax Workshp in Lahore

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The Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) Academy of Taxation & Lahore Tax Bar Association is going to arrange 2 days workshop in Lahore over some topics of Income Tax Ordinance, 2001 as per following schedule;

Wednesday, 24th March, 2010

09.00 to 10:00 - Inaugural session
10:00 to 11.30 - Construction of The Ordinance & The Key Concepts - By DR. Ikram-ul-Haq
12.00 to13:45 - Income From Business - By Mr. Shahbaz Butt
14.45 to16:15 - By Mr. Kamal Hussain siddiqui
16.30 to 18.30 - By Mr. Siraj-ud-Din Khalid�
Thursday, 25th March, 2010

10.00 to 11.30 - Tax compliance� - By Mian Muhammad Ashiq
12.00 to13.00
Appeals, Reference Revisions and Alternative Dispute Resolution - By Mr. Arshad Siraj Memon
13:00 to 13:15

13.15 to 14.15 - Salary Taxation� - By Mr. Ali A. Rahim
15. 45 to 16:15  - By Asim Zulfiqar�
16.45 to 18.15 - Taxation of Non- Resident - By Mr. Haider Ali Patal
18.30 to 19.30 - Conclusion Session followed by dinner. For registration contact


Rana Munir Hussain, Senior Vice President
206, Business Arcade , Block 6, PECHS,
Shahrah-e-Faisal, Karachi-Pakistan
Telephone: 92 21 4315163-5

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