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Employee Share Option Plans (ESOP)

Employee Share
Option Plans
(ESOP)

Get employees engaged in
the business with company
ownership via an ESOP.

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What is an ESOP?

Employee Share Option Plans (ESOP) are structured arrangements to give your employees partial ownership of the company. With ESOPs everyone shares in the business’ success. These are offered to employees usually at nil to minimal cost as part of an employee’s remuneration package.

Advantages

Structured correctly, ESOPs
  • Help your staff to think more like business owners.
  • Promote better aligned goals & vision for the company.
  • Lock staff in for the long haul.
  • Reduce staff turnover & the associated costs of recruitment fees, training & IP.
  • Don’t create upfront tax obligation on the shares or options.

A Fullstack ESOP Perspective

Thorough

The implementation of an ESOP requires full consideration of the tax, disclosure & HR dimensions. Fullstack works with 3rd parties to help ensure a succesful setup.

Facilitated

We provide both founders and employees comfort around setting up ESOPs as a key part of the remuneration package.

Compliant

We view ESOPs for the long term and inline with ATO & ASIC requirements. By working with Fullstack you are committed in getting ESOPs done right.

Check your eligibility for the startup
tax concessions

These allow your employees to defer most upfront tax considerations on receiving Employee Share Option Plans. Enquire now to find out your eligibility.

Am I Eligible

Bringing your
ESOP into action

Consult

We first discuss with you the overall employee strategy and whether an ESOP would be ideal for your business.

We also review your eligibility for the startup tax concession.

Design

A 3rd party legal team will seek to understand your business’ needs & then engineer a matching employee share strategy (be it an ESS or ESOP arrangement) to best serve your needs.

Implement

A 3rd party legal team will implement the arrangement to help obtain buy-in from both employees and founders.

The documentation is tailored to your situation, with steps explained fairly and clearly to all relevant team members.

Support

Implementing ESOPs is just the beginning. We help you manage all the necessary tax aspects to ensure the arrangement is a success.

ESOP Tax Services

ASSESS

Select Package
  • Review of company’s eligibility for Startup Tax Concession
  • Letter of advice outlining eligibility, and NTA Calclulation
  • ESOP education briefing to owners
  • ESOP exercise price / NTA Calculation

TAX REPORTING

Select Package
  • Preparation of Annual Report on ESOPs for the ATO on new ESOPs created in the financial year
  • Organise ESS tax statements for employees on the above
  • Association discussions
  • Review of options register
Terms & Conditions
  • Pricing on packages tructured as a flat fee quoted beforehand.
  • Preparation of ESOP by 3rd party and billed separately.

Help your employees get
invested in the company

Reach out to our team to discuss implementing a straightforward ESOP for your venture.

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