Annual Inheritance Tax Savings With EIS And SEIS

How can the government’s Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the larger sized EIS bring you annual inheritance tax savings and protect your family’s wealth? SEIS offers exemptions of up to £100,000 from inheritance tax (IHT) per tax year (a saving of £40,000). You just have to invest in an early stage start-up and hold… View Article

SEIS in 2018

Many of our clients are asking whether anything significant has changed regarding the SEIS scheme in 2018. Are there any major changes to the SEIS scheme in 2018? The short answer is ‘no’, meaning that the government is still supporting a widely popular funding option for new companies. Rule Changes There are a couple of… View Article

How to Fund a Start-up

In this article, we’ll tell you all about how to fund a start-up, including the SEIS. Many UK start-up businesses are finding out that there are a plethora of funding options available. As new UK companies begin to trade, they know that modern technology gives them access all over the world for their export start… View Article

A Guide to the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme and SMEs

The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme offers a superb opportunity for small and medium sized businesses to attract investment. Start-ups and small businesses have found it ever harder to get funding for their ventures since the recession. Traditional means of investment are just not abundant enough. Banks have become increasingly frugal with overdrafts, loans and the money… View Article

SEIS and Family Businesses

SEIS was introduced by Chancellor George Osborne in 2013, to help entrepreneurs find funding for startups and family businesses. More than £85 million in much-needed seed capital has been raised by entrepreneurs during the past three years. In 2014 a bounding 581,000 new startups were registered with Companies House, with London unsurprisingly leading the way… View Article

How Can SEIS Help My Business?

I firmly believe that every new company formed in the UK should consider SEIS as their primary business funding strategy. In my first year as a chartered accountant in London, I processed 15 SEIS applications, saving over half a million pounds in tax. Not a bad year’s work, but there is more to do. When… View Article