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Late registrations for employment related securities

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

If you fail to tell HMRC about your employment related securities scheme, you may lose tax benefits for you and your employees. Ìý

Find out more information about important deadlines.Ìý

Tax-advantaged schemesÌý

By 6 July following the end of the tax year in which the first award of shares or first grant of options is made you must register your:Ìý

  • Share Incentive PlanÌý
  • Save As You Earn SchemeÌý
  • Company Share Option PlanÌýÌý

Once you have registered your scheme, you must submit your end of year return by 6 July following the end of the tax year.

Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI)Ìý

You must tell HMRC about a grant of anâ€�EMI o±è³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô.

You will need to register your EMI scheme first. Once you’ve registered, you will need to submit yourâ€�EMI n´Ç³Ù¾±´Ú¾±³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô by the deadline and submit your end of year return by 6 July following the end of the tax year.

Non tax-advantaged schemesÌý

For non tax-advantaged share schemes, where there is a reportable event, you must submit an end of year return by 6 July following the end of the tax year. Once registered, if there are no events to report, you must still submit a nil return by 6 July following the end of the tax year.

If you miss the deadlineÌý

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

  • Ìýregister a new Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)
  • Ìýregister a new Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme
  • register a new Share Incentive Plan (SIP) scheme
  • submit anâ€�EMI n´Ç³Ù¾±´Ú¾±³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²Ô

You’ll need to provide a reason why you missed the deadline. You can contact us:

Charities, Savings and International 1
HMRC
BX9 1AU

If you have a reasonable excuseÌý

If we acceptâ€�you have a reasonable excuse for missing the deadline, we will explain the next steps.Ìý

»Ê¹ÚÌåÓýappse will include how to:Ìý

  • register your scheme lateÌý
  • submit any late returnsÌý
  • submit any lateâ€�EMI n´Ç³Ù¾±´Ú¾±³¦²¹³Ù¾±´Ç²ÔsÌý

We may also ask you to use a safe data transfer method to submit any late returns. HMRC’s preferred method for data transfer is theâ€�Secure Data Exchange Serviceâ€�(SDES).Ìý

Late filing penaltiesÌý

Submitting a late return, may result in you being charged late filing penalties.ÌýFind out more information aboutâ€�how to appeal any late filing penalties.

Updates to this page

Published 10 October 2024
Last updated 17 March 2025 show all updates
  1. »Ê¹ÚÌåÓýapp postal address for sending HMRC a reason for missing an employment related securities scheme deadline has been updated.

  2. First published.

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