Sometimes at work, your company may offer you the opportunity for an EIS investment. Along with the fact that it is a nice way to invest and make future funds for yourself, an Enterprise Investment Scheme is also recognized by the government as a positive form of investment and therefore qualifies you for tax relief, so it is a win-win situation all the way around. Due to the tax relief law; you can receive up to twenty percent of tax relief on your normal income tax provided whatever shares you claimed on your tax relief have been held for up to three years.

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