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Company Share Option Plan (CSOP): end of year return template, technical notes and guidance notes

Use the template or technical notes to create your own template to tell HMRC of registered tax advantaged Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) options.

Updates to this page

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published:
3 March 2015
Last updated:
6 March 2026
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  1. Both Company Share Option Plan: guidance notes have been updated to confirm that Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System (PISCES) are not recognised stock exchanges for the purpose of completing this end of year return.

  2. Company Share Option Plan: end of year return template — from 2023 to 2024 tax year has been added to the page.

  3. We have added Company Share Option Plan guidance and technical notes for the April 2024 changes.

  4. The Company Share Option Plan: end of year return template from 6 April 2023 has been added. The guidance and technical notes for on or before 5 April 2023 have been removed.

  5. The changes from 6 April 2023 Company Share Option Plan: guidance notes and Company Share Option Plan: Technical note have been added.

  6. Company Share Option Plan: Technical note has been updated.

  7. Company Share Option Plan: Technical note has been added to the page.

  8. First published.

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Company Share Option Plan: end of year return template — from 2023 to 2024 tax year

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Company Share Option Plan: guidance notes — from 2023 to 2024 tax year

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Company Share Option Plan: Technical notes — from 2023 to 2024 tax year

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Company Share Option Plan: end of year return template — before the 2023 to 2024 tax year

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Company Share Option Plan: guidance notes — before the 2023 to 2024 tax year

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Company Share Option Plan: technical notes — before the 2023 to 2024 tax year

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Details

To complete your end of year template for a Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) either:

  • use HMRC’s end of year return template
  • create your own template using the technical notes

Use the guidance notes to help you fill in specific sections of the template.

Check that you’re using the correct template for the tax year you’re submitting a return for. If you don’t use the correct template, it will not be processed correctly through the employment related securities online service and may result in delays.

After completing your template, you can:

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