Coronavirus (COVID-19): HMRC has stated in its International Manual that if a financial institution cannot meet the FATCA reporting deadline of 31 May...
The Quoted Companies Alliance (QCA) is an independent membership organisation that champions the interests of small to mid-sized quoted companies. One...
What are growth shares?Growth shares, also known as value shares or hurdle shares, are a specially constituted class of shares which have restricted...
Types of LTIP awardsThe most common type of awards that can be made under a long-term incentive plan (LTIP) include:•conditional share awards (which...
Measurement and timing of fair values including outline of the Black Scholes modelThe accounting cost for an equity-settled share based payment (SBP)...
UK tax-advantaged share options are granted under written arrangements which are required to comply with legislative requirements contained in Part 7...
Individuals may, at any one time, be employed by more than one employer, usually on a part-time basis for each company. These companies may sit in the...
Business asset disposal relief (BADR), which was called entrepreneurs' relief for tax years prior to 2020–21, is a capital gains tax (CGT) relief that...
The regime introduced in 2014From 6 April 2014, obligations were imposed on companies to:•register their share schemes online with HMRC, by specified...
This Practice Note provides an introduction to:•why companies have employee ownership models•the main types of share ownership models, and•issues to...
Why not just reward staff with cash? It is often a simpler, less burdensome way to reward and incentivise employees. This Practice Note analyses the...
In summary, a company is able to structure its share scheme so that it allows those who voluntarily resign the same equity bonus as those who retire,...
A share gives the holder a direct and immediate shareholding in the company with all the rights attaching to that share. Conversely, a share option is...