SEIS

Philip Hare

Administrative errors can jeopardise SEIS and EIS relief, even when advance assurance has been received from HMRC, as Philip Hare (Philip Hare & Associates) explains.

SEISS: In D Cotton v HMRC [2025] UKFTT 1398 (TC) (20 November), the taxpayer was a pipe fitter working onboard ship. He had claimed relief under the self-employed income support scheme, but on enquiry HMRC sought repayment of the amounts paid on the...

Collagen drink not food for VAT purposes: There have seen many cases over the years about the boundaries between cakes and biscuits for VAT purposes but the dispute in Bottled Science Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKFTT 592 (TC) (4 July) was over a more...

SEIS relief claim rejected: Coconut Animated Island Ltd v HMRC [2024] UKUT 75 (TCC) (25 March 2024) is the UT’s decision in the taxpayer’s appeal against the FTT’s decision to uphold HMRC’s refusal to grant relief under the SEIS regime to investors...

SEIS: It is well known that the requirements of the various tax-advantaged venture capital schemes are both strict and strictly enforced. In Legend of Golden Temple Ltd and others v HMRC [2023] UKFTT 988 (TC) (23 November 2023), the companies did not...

Mark Ward

Mark Ward (BDO) explains the qualifying conditions, benefits for investors and practical points when claiming relief.

Andrew Constable

Tim Stovold

Tim Stovold and Andrew Constable (Moore Kingston Smith) outline the chancellor’s latest plans for dealing with the immediate economic fallout from the coronavirus crisis.