Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 section 493

No charge on acquisition of dividend shares

Section 493 confirms that when dividends on shares held in a Share Incentive Plan (SIP) are reinvested to buy further "dividend shares" on behalf of a participant, no income tax charge arises on that acquisition.

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