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EISs lobby for Budget to lift investors' tax relief

By Hugo Greenhalgh

Published: March 21 2009 02:00 | Last updated: March 21 2009 02:00

Hopes are growing that April's Budget will contain a radical shake-up of the enterprise investment scheme (EIS) that could make investors potentially eligible for up to 40 per cent income tax relief.

Howard Flight, chairman of the Enterprise Investment Scheme Association and a former shadow chief secretary to the Treasury, said he was cautiously optimistic.

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