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EnterpriseA business firm.Enterprise Similar MatchesState trading enterpriseState trading enterpriseAn entity of government that is responsible for exporting and/or importing specified products. See marketing board. Enterprise Investment SchemeEnterprise Investment SchemeThe Enterprise Investment Scheme is a UK tax incentive scheme designed to encourage investors to invest in unquoted companies. The benefits are:Income tax relief at 20%: so if you invest £10,000, the taxman gives you £2,000 back.CGT relief: provided you hold your investment for five years, any gains subsequently made are free of capital gains tax.Tax relief on losses: if your EIS investment is a disaster, you can set the losses off against gains made in the tax year in which you incur losses.Rollover relief: if you use the proceeds from selling shares in Company A to invest in Company B, and Company B is an EIS-qualifying company, you won't have to pay tax on the gains made from Company A until you subsequently dispose of Company B's shares. i.e. your gain is rolled over.The maximum amount you can invest in an EIS is £150,000 annually. Similar tax breaks are available from investments in Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs). Essentially, these are investment trusts that invest in small unquoted companies. As with EIS investments, there are lots of rules which, if broken, will invalidate the tax advantages.The risks associated with EIS companies are high and you should take professional advice before committing funds to them. State-owned enterpriseState-owned enterpriseA firm owned by government. Relations between SOEs and private firms on international markets raise special problems for GATT, since SOEs may not respond normally to market forces and their actions may reflect government policies. Enterprise valueEnterprise valueA company's value is sometimes measured in terms of the total funds being used to finance it. This investment ratio is increasingly used in place of the price/earnings ratio in the analysis of certain types of companies. It indicates the economic rather than accounting return that the company is generating on the total value of the capital supporting it.Typical companies for which this ratio is appropriate are those that have borrowed heavily to finance growth, like telecoms companies building a network or those that have paid large premiums for acquisitions or assets. Government sponsored enterprisesGovernment sponsored enterprisesPrivately owned, publicly chartered entities, such as the Student Loan Marketing Association, created by Congress to reduce the cost of capital for certain borrowing sectors of the economy including farmers, homeowners, and students. Further SuggestionsFree enterpriseMultinational enterprise enterprise zone trust enterprise zone |
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