All Share schemes articles – Page 21
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Analysis
Sharesave versus share incentive plans
If you read nothing else, read this …Sharesave and share incentive plans (Sips) offer income tax and NI exemptions, subject to certain terms.Sharesave schemes are savings vehicles to which employees can contribute between £5 and £250 a month out of net pay, with which they can buy shares after three, ...
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Opinion
Peter Vassallo: Is it time to update the restrictions on sharesave schemes?
Yes. The contribution limits on sharesave schemes have remained unchanged since the early days of the scheme. At that time, there was probably a view on how much of an employee’s income it was prudent for them to save for investment in the shares of their own employer.Unless that view ...
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Opinion
Malcolm Hurlston: Is it time to update the restrictions on sharesave schemes?
Companies introduce sharesave schemes to encourage the savings habit in their employees, and to provide corporate glue around their share price. They have been around for more than 30 years, are popular and employees are comfortable with how they work.Some might say it is best not to change a winning ...
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Opinion
John Collison: Is it time to update the restrictions on sharesave schemes?
Sharesave schemes were introduced by the Conservative Party in 1980, to widen share ownership, enable workers to have a stake in their company, align their interests more closely with those of their employer and, perhaps most importantly from the employee’s perspective, to provide a safe and relatively risk-free means of ...