Finance Act 2018

Amendment of section 128F of Principal Act (key employee engagement programme)

11. (1) Section 128F of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), in the definition of “qualifying share option”, by substituting the following paragraph for paragraph (d):

“(d) the total market value of all shares, in respect of which qualifying share options have been granted by the qualifying company to an employee or director, does not exceed—

(i) €100,000 in any one year of assessment,

(ii) €300,000 in all years of assessment, or

(iii) the amount of annual emoluments of the qualifying individual in the year of assessment in which the qualifying share option is granted,”,

and

(b) in subsection (8), by substituting “The Revenue Commissioners may publish the following information in relation to all qualifying companies:” for all of the words from and including “A qualifying company” down to and including “all qualifying companies:”.

(2) Subsection (1)(a) shall come into operation on such day as the Minister for Finance may appoint by order.