{"id":33761,"date":"2023-10-20T14:31:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:31:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/startupsmart.test\/2023\/10\/20\/changes-to-employee-share-schemes-briefing-to-coalition-mps-well-received-startupsmart\/"},"modified":"2023-10-20T14:31:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-20T14:31:45","slug":"changes-to-employee-share-schemes-briefing-to-coalition-mps-well-received-startupsmart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupsmart.com.au\/uncategorized\/changes-to-employee-share-schemes-briefing-to-coalition-mps-well-received-startupsmart\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to employee share schemes briefing to coalition MPs \u201cwell received\u201d – StartupSmart"},"content":{"rendered":"
Federal government MPs have been briefed by an employee share ownership lobby group about the need for changes to the tax treatment of share schemes that impact on the start-up sector.<\/p>\n
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Angela Perry, the chair of the Employee Ownership Australia & New Zealand group, briefed the Coalition\u2019s backbench economic and finance policy committee this week on changes needed to the scheme.<\/p>\n
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The start-up sector has been calling for changes to regulations around employee share schemes, which tax options when they are awarded and before they are realised, arguing they limit their ability to hire and retain talent and are expensive and onerous to manage.<\/p>\n
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Perry told StartupSmart<\/i> the briefing was \u201cwell received\u201d.<\/p>\n
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\u201cThere was general consensus they were sound recommendations,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
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Perry says her group suggested a number of changes for employee share schemes, including reverting back to taxing options when they are exercised and a $5000 salary sacrifice cap be removed, forming a task force to implement changes and broader regulatory reform.<\/p>\n
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Federal government consultation on changes to regulations of employee share schemes for start-ups closed early last month.<\/p>\n
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