Seedr's EIS Tax Refund

If it helps, the senior management of AC publically promised to try to achieve vesting before the end of the current tax year. This statement has been reinforced by the chairman in November stating something like the "the final pieces of the jigsaw are coming into shape" when referring to vesting.

However phrases like "pinch of salt" and "many a slip twixt cup and lip" come to mind. Perhaps when the AC team return after the Xmas/New Year break they may care to give us an update with out their fingers crossed behind their backs. 

Thanks very much

The latter.  Have a look at the image on www.kincapital.co.uk/how-to-claim-seis-and-eis-tax-relief/ - that's what you need.  The page has instructions as well.

As already noted the AC direct investors received their EIS3 certificate quickly with no fuss. If my experience is anything to go by, investors via seedrs have experienced some hassle. Tagging stuartassetzcapital for info so AC are aware there may be a wider issue.

Seedrs emailed AC shareholders on 8th Feb saying digital copies of the EIS3 were now available to download. Getting hold of the paper copy needed to claim relief against the last tax year though has been a struggle. The seedrs page www.seedrs.com/tax_documents states:



I emailed my request on 8th Feb, and after 8 days without a response, I sent a request for confirmation that the certificate had been dispatched. After a further 4 days without a response I tracked down the complaints procedure which is hidden in the membership agreement downloadable from www.seedrs.com/your/profile/edit


My email to complaints(at) was automatically acknowledged by their systems and a support ticket number assigned to it, unlike the emails to support(at) which were ignored. Two days later I got an email saying the certificate had been dispatched, and a further 2 days later (today) it appeared through my letter box.

Claiming the EIS relief against the prior tax year (assuming you still have headroom) is a no brainer as it generates an immediate tax refund for the previous year and a reduction in the current years payments on account. So not surprisingly I've already posted the claim onto HMRC.


I'm left with the distinct impression that seedrs are attempting to avoid the expense of posting out EIS3 certificates, and despite my request clearly stating I needed the paper copy for a prior year claim, both the eventual email response and the covering letter sent with the EIS3 certificate came across rather grudgingly. Not impressed, however, the secret appears to be to follow up the request email with a complaint.