{"id":152,"date":"2019-05-29T09:58:01","date_gmt":"2019-05-29T08:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/?p=152"},"modified":"2023-01-09T17:23:03","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T17:23:03","slug":"claim-seis-tax-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/investor-capital-gains-tax-returns\/claim-seis-tax-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"How to claim your SEIS tax relief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/what-is-seis\">Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)<\/a>&nbsp;gives incredible tax reliefs, you need to claim them in order to benefit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is how to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Information you need to have before you can claim SEIS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Company names that you invested into<\/li><li>Date on which the shares were issued to your name<\/li><li>Amounts you invested in each company<\/li><li>HMRC office that authorised the issue of the SEIS3 certificate<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tax in 10(ish) seconds - what is tax-efficiency?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/93RKUoFKaXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Where you can get this information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Your SEIS3 certificate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This document contains the key information needed for claiming your tax relief with your self assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You will get this from the company you invested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;ll be able to apply for one:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>After they&#8217;ve been trading for 4 months<\/li><li>When they&#8217;ve spent 70% of the invested money<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you used an agency or a platform for your SEIS investments, then you should receive SEIS3 certificate from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Your Share Certificate<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the document that proves you&#8217;re a shareholder in the business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You also get it from the company you invested in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to actually claim SEIS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep in mind that you&#8217;re only eligible for the CGT exemption if you keep the shares for 3 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you&#8217;re filing your <a href=\"\/en-uk\/glossary\/personal-tax-return\/\">personal tax return<\/a> you must claim the SEIS tax relief by filling in the &#8220;other tax reliefs&#8221; section on your&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/self-assessment-additional-information-sa101\">Additional Information (SA101) page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll need the enter the total amount invested into companies under SEIS:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SEIS-additional-info.png\" width=\"341\" height=\"81\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SEIS-additional-info-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/SEIS-additional-info.png 341w\" class=\"wp-block-image__media\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1000px) 768px, calc(100vw - 48px)\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>At the bottom of the page you&#8217;ll need to provide the information listed at the top of this article at the additional information section:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/additional-information.png\" width=\"716\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/additional-information-300x93.png 300w, https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/additional-information.png 716w\" class=\"wp-block-image__media\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1000px) 768px, calc(100vw - 48px)\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Of course, you can also use&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/taxfix.com\/en-uk\/\">Taxfix<\/a>&nbsp;and we can sort all of this for for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the&nbsp;Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS)&nbsp;gives incredible tax reliefs, you need to claim them in order to benefit. 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