I very much doubt the introduction of the 25% buy back will be applied retrospectively or for people already in an agreement surely – That's changing the contract the person and company have already signed?
You;d like to think so, but the contract you signed had no mention of thew final value – had it done so, it would have been a hire purchase scheme and thus not eligible for tax relief
anyway, according to druidh on the other thread, your company don't *have* to charge you that much, you just have to pay the tax on that much even if you are charged less. Can't see many companies failing to make a bit of extra cash in current financial times though, even if it's going to piss off employees