by Robin Hartley | 31 May 2018 | best practice
The point of an EMI scheme (or giving equity to employees in general) is not financial: it’s emotional. Specifically, it’s to change an employee’s emotional state to be more favourable to being recruited, retained and motivated. We’re always on the lookout for...
by Robin Hartley | 17 May 2018 | Technical tax and legal
I hurried into the local department store to Microsoft 70-483 Exam grab1 some last minute Chirsmas gifts. I looked at 300-101 dumps all the people and grumbled2 to myself. I would be in here forever and Examtestview I just had so much 300-101 practice test to do....
by Robin Hartley | 15 May 2018 | Technical tax and legal
In brief: a temporary breach of EU law by the UK government could (in theory) negate the attractive tax reliefs for EMI schemes. In practice, this concern only arises for EMI schemes breaching generous financial thresholds, and the average EMI scheme will not be...
by Robin Hartley | 7 May 2018 | Technical tax and legal, Uncategorized
Granted specialists can prepare a valuation, agree it with HMRC and register it for you. But you might want to take a different approach: you may feel comfortable doing your own valuation, you may have an existing trusted advisor who can do this for you, or you may...
by Robin Hartley | 24 Mar 2018 | best practice
A highlight of the recent Oxford Saïd Entrepreneurship Forum (OSEF) was David Buttress’s account of his founding of Just Eat, and his journey from bedroom startup to a PLC with half a billion pounds revenue a year. No doubt many entrepreneurs focussed on...