AIC Argues for Measures to More Effectively Target EIS and VCT Investments
- On October 6, 2017
- By GrowthInvest Admin
In its response to HM Treasury’s consultation Financing Growth in Innovative Firms, The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) says it has demonstrated how VCTs are an ideal means to raise much needed capital from retail investors to help smaller businesses grow. What’s more, it has also proposed measures to ensure VCT and EIS investment is focussed even more closely on young, innovative businesses. Key amongst these, it says, is a restriction on allowing VCT and EIS money to be used to purchase property.
Chief Executive of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) Ian Sayers said: “Since 2015, when the rules for VCTs were last changed, VCTs have been investing in just the type of young, innovative businesses that the Government believes should be supported by tax-incentivised investment. This investment promotes economic growth, with jobs in investee businesses more than doubling after VCT investment, as well as boosting tax receipts which offset the cost of the tax reliefs.”
Click here for AIC’s response to HM Treasury’s consultation Financing Growth in Innovative Firms.
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Source: GBI Magazine
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