Employee Ownership Trust Transactions
The Jack Fitzpatrick Memorial Lecture - progress on a succession solution
A zero tax employee share plan
The Share Incentive Plan ("SIP") sounds far too good to be true, so what are the rules?
Costly mistakes - errors on share plan returns
Don't slip up with your plan administration, it's not worth the fines issued by HMRC
Investment Association's principles of remuneration
The IA published a revised version in November, what changed?
Our predictions for employee ownership in 2019
We make five bold predictions for what might happen in employee ownership
What a year 2018 has been for share schemes and EOT transactions
We take a look at the big and small stories of the year...….
Promised you a Miracle - recent case on ER
We translate the tedious legal jargon for you in a case about entrepreneurs relief
Budget: October 2018
Entrepreneurs’ Relief changes - noting the particular impact on Enterprise Management Incentives
13 reasons to talk about the Share Incentive Plan
Employee ownership implemented correctly & communicated strongly can make a difference.
McDonnell, May and Employee Ownership
What does the Labour Party’s announcement mean for employee ownership?
Getting your share plan right. Step 3. Valuation
It's important that you have a clear idea of what your shares are worth at the outset.
Is the law an ass with employee share plans?
There are certain legal requirements that company directors, in particular, need to know
Tribunal ruling on director loan accounts
The First Tier Tribunal has ruled director loan accounts written off were taxable as ….
Reports show EMI options hit record high
Employee ownership, and in particular EMI schemes are at their most popular level ever.
New changes to the UK Prospectus Rules
No need to publish a prospectus if certain conditions of total consideration are met
HMRC's crucial step into the future for EMI schemes
Today we received an email from HMRC agreeing a valuation for an EMI share scheme...
What IS an employee (this is not a silly question!)
If you’re running an employee share scheme is it always obvious who your employees are?
The dog ate my share plan return and other excuses
HMRC are not known for accepting excuses for late filing of your share scheme annual returns
Corporate Finance Associate vacancies
We are seeking two Corporate Finance Associates with a minimum of 3 years’ experience
Share plan return time is rapidly approaching
As we approach the end of the tax year our Operations Team start to think about share plan returns
Age discrimination and employee share plans
It may be appropriate for employers to discriminate based on age, but only in certain circumstances
Share scheme penalties for late returns
Dealing with share plan returns sounds pretty unexciting – until you get a penalty for not doing it…
Share Incentive Plan (SIP) - worth the wait?
The Chancellor recently answered an online question, regarding the tax advantaged SIP
Your share plan – get the first step right
We recently published an outline checklist for putting in place a share plan. Step one on that…
Share Incentive Plan tax savings: twice as nice!
The default tax position for employees acquiring shares in their employer is a charge to income…
Don't slip up with your SIP administration
Administering a Share Incentive Plan (SIP) is easy, isn’t it? It can be done in house, can’t it?...
Share Incentive Plan (SIP): a plan for all seasons
This month, John Lewis Partnership celebrated spring by announcing celebrations for its 150th...