Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) — Company Certification
Offers United Kingdom start-up founders investment support through certified tax relief for early innovation and development.
The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is the UK's most generous venture capital tax-relief scheme, designed for very early-stage companies raising their first external equity. Investors receive 50% Income Tax relief on the amount invested plus a 50% CGT reinvestment exemption, making SEIS more attractive to early investors than the 30% relief available under EIS. As with EIS, it is the comp…
Very early-stage UK companies: trade <3 years old, gross assets ≤£350K, <25 FTE. Must not have had prior EIS or VCT investment.
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