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By Charlie Conchie Calls are growing for the government to carve out an allowance on capital gains tax (CGT) for employee share schemes amid fears a sweeping hike could gut the UK of talent and hammer smaller companies’ ability to attract staff. A group of fintech founders yesterday launched a push to derail any plans for a blanket hike in CGT by calling for an allowance on so-called ‘earned capital gains’, which could protect the shares held by staff in their own companies. Smaller firms often make up for lower salaries by offering their staff equity. Suggestions that the Treasury could roll …

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