Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI)
A UK tax-advantaged option scheme for employees of smaller companies. If the shares are bought at no less than their market value at the date of the grant there is no income tax or National Insurance on exercise, and capital gains tax may apply on sale. The company and the employee must both meet statutory conditions, set out by HMRC.
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