Key employees are vital to the continuing growth of the business. They will be retained and innovate if rewarded appropriately. This paper is about the important issue of employee remuneration and its tax consequences for both employer and employee. This issues which will be considered include:
- Providing equity in the business while retaining family control
- The interaction between Division 13A and executive share and option plans
- Alternative remuneration strtegies eg. phantom share schemes
- Sign on incentives and other bonus arrangements
- Funding of employee incentives
- Thinking ahead - impact on the structure and exit/succession planning