The government delivered its Autumn Budget on 26 November 2025. This article briefly discusses the likely impact that the Budget may have on employee share schemes. The main relevant tax changes are: Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) Plans – The government has proposed that from 6 April 2026, legislation will be introduced to increase the following…

November 27, 2025 Read more >

As part of its growth agenda, the government has indicated that it wants more investment – but not just from “big institutions”.  There is a desire to get “ordinary individuals” (known as “retail” investors” in the industry parlance) more confident in making investments outside of their pension and standard savings accounts. It will be interesting…

October 27, 2025 Read more >

On 15 May 2025, the Financial Services and Markets Act 2023 (Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System Sandbox) Regulations 2025 was published which comes into force on 5 June 2025. This establishes the new Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES), a new regulated securities trading platform for private companies, wherever incorporated, as…

June 5, 2025 Read more >

An annual return needs to be submitted by all companies which have an active employee share plan registered with HMRC. This includes tax-advantaged share plans such as EMI, CSOP, SAYE and SIP as well as any non-tax advantaged plans or arrangements such as unapproved options, conditional share awards (or restricted stock units), growth share plans…

April 29, 2025 Read more >

Along with the 2025 Spring Statement, HMRC has published a technical note on the tax implications for companies and employees when a company has shares traded on the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES). PISCES is a new type of secondary stock exchange that will facilitate intermittent trading of private company shares. It…

April 1, 2025 Read more >

Whilst some changes relating to employees have been well signposted for the tax year(s) ahead – such as the increase in Employers’ National Insurance Contributions to 15% from 6 April 2025, others have not. Having changes well signposted is important. For example, the increase of Employers NIC from 6 April means that companies could ensure…

March 28, 2025 Read more >

In 2000, a new entity was introduced in the form of Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs). Significantly, unlike general partnerships, an LLP is a corporate body with an identity that is separate from its members but, generally speaking, transparent for tax purposes. Members of an LLP were presumed to be self-employed (like partners of general partnerships)…

February 24, 2025 Read more >

All at MM&K hope our clients, contacts, partners and other stakeholders enjoy a peaceful seasonal holiday break and we wish you a very happy New Year. We look forward to continuing our connections with all of you in 2025. A milestone passed 2024 has been a remarkable year. MM&K celebrated 50 years in business, a…

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The new Labour government delivered its Autumn Budget on 30 October 2024. The budget is set to raise taxation in the UK to an historic high level, while maintaining the promise made in the Labour manifesto that there would be no rise in the rate of income tax, national insurance and VAT for individuals. This…

November 10, 2024 Read more >

On 14 October 2024, HMRC published its Employment Related Securities Bulletin 57 (October 2024). This bulletin covers guidance on: the interpretation of “arrangements” for EMI independence test purposes the application of the ‘deeming provision’ to employment related securities and employment related securities options, following the Vermillion case; and processing of employment related securities. This bulletin…

October 18, 2024 Read more >

On 30 July 2024, HMRC published its Employment Related Securities Bulletin 56 (July 2024), aimed at employees, describing the ways to report and pay tax on dividends and capital gains tax. This bulletin can be accessed from Employment related securities bulletin 56 July-2024.  Dividends In respect of receipt of dividends: dividends received over £10,000 in…

September 18, 2024 Read more >

This year, MM&K celebrates 50 years in business as an independent firm specialising in executive remuneration, performance and remuneration governance. In that time, we have seen 13 Prime Ministers come or go and endured at least one recession every decade. We have also witnessed and continue to witness, significant changes in executive remuneration, owing to…

August 22, 2024 Read more >