Tax and Employee Share Schemes
Overview
Your employer may offer you company shares as a reward for working for them. These rewards are subject to tax.
Some schemes have tax advantages, which means that you will not pay Income Tax or National Insurance.
You can get tax advantages if you get shares through the following schemes:
- Share Incentive Plans
- Save As You Earn (SAYE)
- Company Share Option Plans
- Enterprise Management Incentives (EMIs)
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Non-tax advantaged share schemes
You may be offered shares outside of these schemes. However these will not have the same tax advantages. You바카라 사이트™ll need to report Income Tax and National Insurance contributions by submitting a Self Assessment tax return if your employer does not deduct these through payroll.
These schemes are called non-tax advantaged share schemes, which can be:
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Dividend income
You may get a dividend payment if you own shares in a company.
You can earn some dividend income each year without paying tax.
Find out how to work out and pay tax on dividends.