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VCTs: Finance Bill amendments to allow VCTs to hold short term deposits

21 July 2016

Amendments are being made to the current Finance Bill to allow VCTs to hold short term deposits as part of their non-qualifying holdings.   The following links are to:

HMRC taking a tougher line on advance assurance applications with missing information

30 June 2016

HMRC taking a tougher line on advance assurance applications with incomplete information

New guidance on Finance (No.2) Act 2015 EIS and VCT rules published

HMRC have published their guidance on the on the new EIS and VCT rules introduced last year.

EIS and SEIS Statistics: April 2016

28 April 2016

HM Revenue & Customs has published its quarterly update of Enterprise Investment Scheme and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme statistics.

Budget 2016

16 March 2016

Today’s Budget Statement today contains announcements in relation to the EIS and VCT investments.  A note of these announcements can be found here.

EIS Association Awards – Best EIS/SEIS Tax Adviser 2015

12 February 2016

Philip Hare & Associates were proud to receive ‘Best EIS/SEIS Tax Adviser’ last night at the EIS Association’s prestigious award ceremony held at the House of Lords.

EIS and SEIS Statistics: January 2016

1 February 2016

HM Revenue & Customs has published its quarterly statistics showing amounts raised under the EIS and SEIS, and they show increases in the investments being made.

EIS and SEIS Statistics: March 2015

7 August 2015

Newly published statistics reveal that the amount of investment in Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) companies has grown substantially in recent years.

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