VCTs / EIS

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has for the first time withdrawn the venture capital trust (VCT) status of a company, after Oxford Technology breached one of its investment rules.

VCTs

In the latest Big Debate, our panelists from Daedalus Partners, Future Capital Partners and Puma Investments discussed the Do's and Don'ts of VCTs and EIS.

EIS can form an important part of your clients' estate planning. Simon Ruthers goes through what you need to know.

As the tax relief on pensions continues to be cut Simon Ruthers discusses where EIS may fit into clients' retirement planning

Paul Latham discusses how venture capital trusts can help supplement clients' retirement planning

Hollywood director Ridley Scott has partnered with Orchard Media to launch an enterprise investment scheme which will finance six UK films.

In the latest Big Debate, our panelists from Seed Mentors Ltd, Bulletin Marketing and Maclay, Murray and Spens LLP discussed Seed EIS.

Venture capital trusts (VCTs) and enterprise investment schemes (EISs) are to fall under the Financial Services Authority's (FSA's) upcoming guidance on unregulated collective investments schemes (UCIS).

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