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Judge Boots Out HMRC Bid To Set Minimum SEIS Investment

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme investors have no minimum barrier before they can claim tax relief on their stake in a start-up company, a tribunal has ruled. HM Revenue & Customs had tried to...

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Pitfalls Waiting For Unwary SEIS Investors

Potential profits and generous tax breaks are a heady brew that tempt many investors to plough cash into start-ups with the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. But it’s easy to ignore the pitfalls that...

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SEIS tax breaks and investments under Whitehall scrutiny

The Treasury is scrutinising how the money raised for Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme is being spent, according to a leading civil servant. Donald Stark, head of investment tax at the Treasury says...

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Where To Invest If You Have Maxed Out Your Pension

Around this time of year a lot of serious investors realise that they have maxed out their pension and ISA tax allowances. With three-quarters of the financial year gone, where can they put any...

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Quick Guide To Making A SEIS Investment

The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is considered a world leader in raising start-up cash for entrepreneur with new business ideas. Investing is straightforward and offers some generous tax...

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SEIS Raises £800 Million For Start-Up Entrepreneurs

An investment scheme offering generous tax breaks has raised more than £799 million for start-up companies, according to the latest data. The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) has helped 8,840...

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Tax Breaks Boost Profits For The Smarter Investor

Smart investors want their cake and to eat it too – that means looking for great returns that are boosted by tax breaks. UK taxpayers have a range of choices for tax-free returns on investing their...

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VCTs Lure Savers With Maxed Out Pension Tax Breaks

An increase in the number venture capital trust (VCT) investors is probably because they are looking elsewhere for tax breaks after maxing out their pension savings. HM Revenue & Customs suggests...

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HMRC Doesn’t Know What It’s Doing With £155 Billion Tax Reliefs

The tax man is doling out billions in tax reliefs but doing little to monitor where the money is going, says a watchdog report. Tax reliefs add up to around £155 billion a year and were introduced as...

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HMRC SEIS Approval Is No Guarantee For Investors

Start-ups on crowdfunding platforms try to tempt investors to stake their cash with them by flagging they belong to the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) – but what does this mean? SEIS is a tax...

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Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme 2016

The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is aimed at attracting venture capitalists to inject cash into start-up businesses and in return they receive tax incentives. Chancellor George Osborne set...

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£60k Pension Tax Relief Up For Grabs To Top Earners

Complicated tax rules can mean top earners miss out almost £60,000 in tax relief when they pay into a pension. From April 6, additional rate (45%) income taxpayers earning more than £150,000 will see...

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Red Tape Strangling SEIS And EIS, Claims Expert

Complicated red tape can see investors lose valuable tax breaks offered by companies in the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS), according to experts. Investors are lured to SEIS by the promise of...

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Pension Switch Expats Face Unexpected Tax Bills

British expats in New Zealand could be hit by unexpected tax bills for switching their pensions from the UK. Tax demands have gone out to expats following a New Zealand Inland Revenue review of pension...

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Watch Out For SEIS Investment Pitfalls

Investors in start-ups and fast-growing companies can benefit from some generous tax breaks – but can lose out because the companies fail to keep within HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) rules. Tax...

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SEIS On Track To Smash £0.5 Billion In Investment

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has published the latest Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) statistics – including new data about advance assurance requests. SEIS is the government’s flagship tax...

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Can Foreign Companies Raise SEIS Investments?

British investors are increasingly looking for the chance to invest in overseas companies while collecting generous tax breaks. Lots of overseas companies have realised that the rules of British tax...

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SEIS v VCT for investors

If you have maxed out your pension contributions for the year and still have cash to invest, where’s the best place to look for a better than average return? To attract money into start-up businesses,...

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SEIS And EIS Shake-Up If Tories Win Election 2017?

Business angels may pick up some extra tax breaks if the Tories win Election 2017. Britain already has the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), which both...

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Pension Tax Relief Honeypot Is A Lure For Chancellors

Pension tax relief is a £38.6 billion honeypot that may a future Chancellor may find too much of temptation to resist. The relief is money the government pays to top up pension contributions into...

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