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Change of procedure for Venture Capital Schemes Compliance Statement submissions

31 January 2023

On 31st January, HMRC have implemented new procedures for submitting Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) Compliance Statements to HMRC (these are known as SEIS1 and EIS1 forms).

The Labour Party “Start-up, Scale-up” review.

8 December 2022

The Labour Party has today published its “Start-up, Scale-up”  review, a copy of which can be found here.  The report was released after a call for evidence earlier this year on what support UK start-ups need in order to better succeed. The report comes out strongly in favour of SEIS, EIS and VCTs and has identified several areas where the tax reliefs could be improved to better assist companies. The report’s recommendations include:

Autumn Statement 2022

17 November 2022

There were no changes to the venture capital tax reliefs announced in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement today. The Chancellor did set out:

Change of procedure for Venture Capital Schemes Advance Assurance applications

27 October 2022

On 27th October, HMRC implemented new procedures for receiving advance assurance applications under the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) or from a Venture Capital Trust (VCT).

Chancellor’s Growth Plan and Mini Budget

23 September 2022

Following today’s Growth Plan, announced by the Chancellor in his ‘Mini Budget’, our note in respect of the venture capital tax reliefs (SEIS, EIS and VCTs) can be found here

EIS Association Awards – Best EIS/SEIS Tax Adviser 2022

10 June 2022

Philip Hare & Associates were proud to receive the award for ‘Best EIS/SEIS Tax Adviser’ last night at the EIS Association’s Chairman’s Reception and Awards, which was held at the House of Lords in Westminster.

EIS Association Awards 2022 – Philip Hare & Associates named as finalist

25 May 2022

We are delighted to announce that Philip Hare & Associates LLP have been announced as a finalist in the ‘Best EIS/SEIS Tax Adviser ‘ category in this year’s EIS Association Awards.

Office Move

23 May 2022

As a result of our expanding team at Philip Hare & Associates, we have outgrown our offices at Hamilton House and are pleased to announce that we have moved to new offices at 6 Snow Hill, London, EC1A 2AY.

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