Tax and Superannuation Laws Amendment (Employee Share Schemes) Act 2015 (105 of 2015)

Schedule 1   Improvements to taxation of employee share schemes

Part 1   Main amendments

Income Tax Assessment Act 1997

25   At the end of section 83A-130

Add:

(10) For the purposes of paragraph (9)(b), you are taken to:

(a) hold a beneficial interest in any *shares in the new company that you can acquire under an *ESS interest that is a beneficial interest in a right to acquire a beneficial interest in such shares; and

(b) be in a position to cast votes as a result of holding that interest in those shares.