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Should I allow my employees to trade depository receipts?

That is completely up to you. However, when making this decision, there are a few things to take into consideration. If an employee has 5% ownership or more it is seen as a substantial interest. If this is the case, the employee will be taxed in box 2 for the increase in value. On our platform you can make sure an employee can not get more ownership than 4.9%. Besides that there is a feature that allows you to approve or disapprove of every trade.

Amsterdam startup Share Council secures over €1M from The Sharing Group and others; here’s how

Amsterdam-based social enterprise Share Council, a FinTech startup focused on “closing the capital wealth gap by making every SME employee co-owner”, announced on Tuesday that it is proud to have raised over €1M in funding from The Sharing Group (known from MyWheels & Mijndomein) and a network of strategic angel investors. Share Council is build on the premise of “everyone a co-owner”, hence the last 100k of stock is now publicly coming available, see sharecouncil.co/invest
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96.5% of European SME employees have no ownership in what they produce on a daily basis

Just 5 Million EU employees own equity in the company they work for. This creates a staggering divide and it leaves Europe behind in the race for global talent.
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