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UK share incentives: Finance Bill 2024–25—CGT, reliefs, PAYE, remittance/IHT; SAYE bonus changes; EOT/EBT reforms; FRC Stewardship Code consultation; HMRC manual updates

Published on: 14 November 2024

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  • Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills
  • SAYE
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Budgets, Autumn Statements and Finance Bills

Publication of Finance Bill 2024–25

The Finance Bill 2024–2025 (FB 2025) was released on 7 November 2024 with accompanying explanatory notes, following its first reading on 6 November 2024, and now proceeds through Parliament. Among the provisions in FB 2025, the items below are likely to be most relevant to Share Incentives practitioners:

  • Raising the capital gains tax (CGT) rate on carried interest arising on or after 6 April 2025 to 32% (clause 12), ahead of wider reforms
  • Uplifting the lower and higher CGT rates on gains from disposals made on or after 30 October 2024 (excluding residential property gains and carried interest) from 10% to 18% and from 20% to 24% respectively (clause 7), together with related consequential changes and anti-forestalling measures (Schedule 1)
  • Increasing the special CGT rates for business assets disposal relief (BADR) and investors’ relief from 10% to 14% for disposals on or after 6 April 2025...

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