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Upper Tribunal orders HMRC to reconsider PAYE discretion; refusal premature and misdirected in law in UBS AG v HMRC (ITEPA 2003 s684(7A), reg 80 determination)

Published on: 28 August 2024

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R (oao UBS AG) v HMRC and another [2024] UKUT 242 (TCC)

As part of JW’s reward package, UBS and JW (then an employee) entered into three options over gilts in 2002. The options were not taken up until 2012, after JW had left the business, and delivery of the gilts did not occur until 2016/17 because of valuation problems.

HMRC issued a determination under regulation 80 of the PAYE Regulations requiring the company to account for PAYE. The company disputed that determination, advancing a number of lines of attack, one of which asked HMRC to exercise its discretion under section 684(7A) of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003. HMRC responded that it was not appropriate to decide whether to deploy that discretionary power at that juncture, as the ultimate liability had not yet been fixed. UBS sought judicial review of...

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