{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-997",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009/section-997.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/4",
  "legislation_title": "Corporation Tax Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/corporation-tax-act-2009",
  "path": "section/997",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "997",
  "heading": "No deduction for expenses in providing dividend shares",
  "text": "(1) No deduction is allowed to a company for expenses in providing shares that are acquired on behalf of employees under a Schedule 2 share incentive plan as dividend shares.\n(2) This is subject to section 988.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 997(1) substituted (6.4.2014) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 8 paras. 81, 89 (with Sch. 8 paras. 90-96)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/4/section/997",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:19.560467+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}