David Craddock is a recognised authority in the UK and worldwide on employee share schemes and cash profit-sharing schemes and is the author of Tolley’s Guide to Employee Share Schemes. In this article, David Craddock offers a prescription for the British Government on how to tackle the cost-of-living crisis through the application of employee share ownership economics. The Cost-of-Living Crisis The practical manifestation of the seriously harmful effects of inflation is the cost-of-living crisis that increasingly dominates the news cycle and, at the present time, shows little sign of abating. This focus from the television and radio stations in a
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The Employee Ownership Trust, (“EOT”), has become a very popular method for existing shareholders to exit their company. At this time when trade buyers have largely retreated from the marketplace, the EOT offers a seriously tax-efficient, commercially effective, and comparatively painless way to sell the company. The headline tax point: The capital gains tax on sale is zero and there is no exposure to income tax either. The sale proceeds, linked to the whole company value of the company, can be taken all in one payment if the company can afford or, alternatively, as a series of deferred consideration payments
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