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Late registrations for employment related securities

What to do if you miss the registration deadline for employment related securities.

If you fail to tell HMRC about your employment related securities scheme, you may lose tax benefits for you and your employees.

Find out more information about important deadlines.

Tax-advantaged schemes

By 6 July following the end of the tax year in which the first award of shares or first grant of options is made you must register your:

  • Share Incentive Plan
  • Save As You Earn Scheme
  • Company Share Option Plan

Once you have registered your scheme, you must submit your end of year return by 6 July following the end of the tax year.

Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI)

You must tell HMRC about a grant of an바카라 사이트EMI바카라 사이트oپDz.

You will need to register your EMI바카라 사이트scheme first. Once you바카라 사이트ve registered, you will need to submit your바카라 사이트EMI바카라 사이트ndzپھپDz by the deadline and submit your end of year return by 6 July following the end of the tax year.

Non tax-advantaged schemes

For non tax-advantaged share schemes, where there is a reportable event, you must submit an end of year return by 6 July following the end of the tax year. Once registered, if there are no events to report, you must still submit a nil return by 6 July following the end of the tax year.

If you miss the deadline

You바카라 사이트ll need to contact us in writing if you miss the deadline to:

  • register a new Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)
  • register a new Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme
  • register a new Share Incentive Plan (SIP) scheme
  • submit an바카라 사이트EMI바카라 사이트ndzپھپDz

You바카라 사이트ll need to provide a reason why you missed the deadline. You can contact us:

Charities, Savings and International 1
HMRC
BX9 1AU

If you have a reasonable excuse

If we accept바카라 사이트you have a reasonable excuse바카라 사이트for missing the deadline, we will explain the next steps.

These will include how to:

  • register your scheme late
  • submit any late returns
  • submit any late바카라 사이트EMI바카라 사이트ndzپھپDzs

We may also ask you to use a safe data transfer method to submit any late returns.바카라 사이트HMRC바카라 사이트s preferred method for data transfer is the바카라 사이트Secure Data Exchange Service바카라 사이트(SDES).

Late filing penalties

Submitting a late return, may result in you being charged late filing penalties.Find out more information about바카라 사이트how to appeal any late filing penalties.

Updates to this page

Published 10 October 2024
Last updated 17 March 2025 show all updates
  1. The postal address for sending HMRC a reason for missing an employment related securities scheme deadline has been updated.

  2. First published.

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