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Late registrations for employment related securities

What to do if you miss the registration deadline for employment related securities.

When to register

If you do not register your employment related securities scheme with HMRC, you may lose tax benefits for you and your employees.

Find out when to register your employment related securities scheme.

If you miss the deadline 

You’ll need to contact us in writing if you miss the deadline to:

  • register a new Company Share Option Plan
  • register a new Save As You Earn scheme
  • register a new Share Incentive Plan scheme
  • submit an Enterprise Management Incentives notification

You’ll need to explain why you missed the deadline. You can contact us:

Charities, Savings and International 1
HMRC
BX9 1AU

If you have a reasonable excuse 

If we accept you have a reasonable excuse for missing the deadline, we’ll explain the next steps. 

These will include how to: 

  • register your scheme late 
  • submit any late returns — we may ask you to use our secure file transfer service to do this
  • submit any late Enterprise Management Incentives notifications 

Late filing penalties 

If you submit a late return, we may charge you late filing penalties. You can appeal a late filing penalty.

Updates to this page

Published 10 October 2024
Last updated 24 August 2026 Show all updates
  1. Information about how to submit a late return using secure file transfer has been updated.

  2. The postal address for sending HMRC a reason for missing an employment related securities scheme deadline has been updated.

  3. First published.

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