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Enterprise Investment Scheme: introduction to National Statistics

Introduced in 1994, the Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is one of the three tax-based venture capital schemes.

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Enterprise Investment Scheme: introduction to National Statistics

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EIS is designed to help smaller higher-risk trading companies to raise finance by offering a range of tax reliefs to investors who purchase new full-risk ordinary shares in those companies.

Published 1 April 2013