{"id":7649,"date":"2020-11-04T21:25:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-04T21:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/?post_type=knowledge-hub&#038;p=7649"},"modified":"2024-08-22T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T19:36:12","slug":"seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-seis","status":"publish","type":"knowledge-hub","link":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/knowledge-hub\/seed-enterprise-investment-scheme-seis\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"aivoov-player-block\">\n\t<div class=\"read_this\">Read this article to me<\/div>\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t.plyr__controls .plyr__controls__item:first-child{\n\t\t\t\tbackground:#2e9c8e !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t:root{\n\t\t\t--plyr-color-main:#2e9c8e;\n\t\t\t--plyr-audio-controls-background:#f0f2f4;\n\t\t\t--plyr-audio-control-color:#546a7b;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t[data-plyr=\"mute\"]{color:#2e9c8e !important}\n\t\t\t.aivoov-text-color{color:#546a7b}\n\t\t<\/style> \n\t\t<div class=\"audio_player\">\n\t\t<audio class=\"js-player\" controls=\"\">\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/monky-voice-over.s3.amazonaws.com\/aivoov\/781640cc-7bc1-4bbf-9492-22dedc19678b\/03195895-0d85-469e-8e6e-190ae1648686.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mp3\">\n\t\t\t<source src=\"https:\/\/monky-voice-over.s3.amazonaws.com\/aivoov\/781640cc-7bc1-4bbf-9492-22dedc19678b\/03195895-0d85-469e-8e6e-190ae1648686.mp3\" type=\"audio\/ogg\" \/>\n\t\t<\/audio> \n\t\t\t\t <div class=\"powerd_by aivoov-text-color\"><p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/aivoov.com\/?um_source=plugin_powered_by\" style=\"color: inherit;\">Powered by AiVOOV<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) is a government tax-relief scheme that incentivises private individuals to invest in very early-stage (i.e. seed) businesses. This scheme allows any individual to invest up to \u00a3100,000 every tax year and receive a 50% tax break. Any business can raise a maximum of \u00a3150,000 in SEIS funding in its lifetime.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"What is SEIS?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9kFr7fEXmQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>SEIS is the younger sibling of the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS). Launched by the government in 2012, it encourages investors to finance very early-stage (i.e. seed) businesses by providing even more generous tax breaks than EIS, to compensate for the higher risks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your business might be eligible for a SEIS investment if:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>you will use money for a &#8216;qualifying trade&#8217;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you have no more than \u00a3200,000 in gross assets<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you have no more than 25 employees<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you have a place of business in the UK<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>you have traded for less than two years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more, see <a href=\"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/knowledge-hub\/the-enterprise-investment-scheme-eis\/\">Enterprise Investment Scheme<\/a> (EIS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find more information on the HMRC website under SITR.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UK investment incentives for seed-stage Australian businesses opening a UK branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39,"menu_order":42,"template":"","segment":[1629],"class_list":["post-7649","knowledge-hub","type-knowledge-hub","status-publish","hentry","segment-equity-finance"],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls_v2":{"full":"","thumbnail":"","medium":"","medium_large":"","large":"","1536x1536":"","2048x2048":"","image_blog":"","image_blog_full":"","image_podcast":"","image_banking":"","image_blog_internal":"","image_blog_medium":"","image_single_banking":""},"post_excerpt_stackable_v2":"<p>UK investment incentives for seed-stage Australian businesses opening a UK branch.<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"","author_info_v2":{"name":"Alexandre Colucci","url":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/author\/alexcolucci\/"},"comments_num_v2":"0 comments","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-hub\/7649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-hub"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/knowledge-hub"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/39"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-hub\/7649\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38517,"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/knowledge-hub\/7649\/revisions\/38517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"segment","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swoopfunding.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/segment?post=7649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}