With newfound certainty, EIS offers investors one of the most appealing, tax-efficient, vehicles available – whilst making a vital contribution to the country’s start-ups, writes Moray Wright
With increases in capital gains tax (CGT) and the global boom in technologies like artificial intelligence (AI), there might never have been a better time to take advantage of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). The EIS offers investors five attractive tax relief benefits, including inheritance tax exemption and loss relief, whilst providing a route to investing in the UK's most innovative, early-stage companies. Introduced in 1994, EIS recently celebrated its 30th birthday. It had been due to end in April of this year, but Chancellor Rachel Reeves took the welcomed decision to ex...
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