Employment-Related Securities and Unlisted Companies

ISBN-13: 9781907444371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 256 str.

Ken Moody

Opis

A book such as this has been needed since the current rules on UK employment-related securities were introduced in the Finance Act 2003. Other works deal with tax-advantaged share and share option schemes, but such schemes are typically of interest to the larger company. This book is written with unlisted, mainly private companies in mind and so, with one exception, deals with employee share acquisitions, which do not benefit from any special tax advantages. The exception is the Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) share option scheme, which is mainly for unlisted companies and, therefore, is covered in this book. The vast majority of UK companies registered at Companies House are owner-managed private companies. The employment-related securities (ERS) regime applies to all shares owned by directors or employees in the company or group they work for, with few exceptions. Therefore, this book will be of importance for all shareholder-directors, for employees of such companies, and for their professional advisers. Often, the tax implications of the ERS rules are not onerous, but sometimes result in an income tax charge for the employee, and the company may also be obliged to pay PAYE and the UK's National Insurance Contributions. It has been the case for many years that if a director or employee acquires shares free or for less than they are worth, they are liable to income tax on the difference. The book explains how the rules for taxing such share awards work, including the rules for non-HM Revenue and Customs approved share options and for options qualifying under EMI. Chapters also deal with capital gains tax aspects of shares and share options, the PAYE and national insurance implications, and the corporation tax deduction, which may be claimed by the company.