Establishing Employee Share Schemes

There are various reasons businesses want to establish an employee share scheme:

• Maybe you want to retain key staff…
• Maybe you want to arrange succession of leadership in your business…
• Maybe you want to reward staff…

And with these varied reasons, the nature of the share scheme also varies.Getting the structure correct from the start goes a long way towards ensuring the success of the scheme.

Focused on new share schemes, this webinar will cover:

• Various options for establishing share schemes
• How, when, and to what extent employee share schemes are taxed
• Common traps and pitfalls
• Employer reporting obligations
• Tax payment options

Suited to:

• Those working in internal finance functions where share schemes are being contemplated or are in place – it is you who are going to field questions from employees as to what this means for them and will likely be faced with implementing and accounting for these schemes.
• Accountants and lawyers that commonly advise clients on arrangements to provide employees with an equity interest in their business.
• External and internal professional advisors and other personnel with an interest in employee remuneration and incentives and the benefits and pitfalls of implementing an employee share scheme.