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Startups hail tax changes in budget, say will help attract, retain talent

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Updated: February 1st, 2020, 16:18 IST
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Mumbai: The budget proposal for the startups ecosystem, especially the one on tax on employees’ stock options (Esops), received a big thumbs-up from the fledgling sector.

The budget recommends a five-year tax holiday on Esops, a 10- year tax exemption for startups with under-Rs 100 crore turnover and also talks of a seed fund to push new businesses.

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India is the third biggest startup ecosystem in the world and the government has been focused on pushing innovative startups through policy interventions for some years now.

“The finance minster has delivered a fantastic budget for startups. The measures announced on Esops, taxation and seed fund will infuse tremendous energy into the ecosystem,” ‘Indian Angel Network’ chairman Saurabh Srivastava said. He said the commitment to having no harassment will also boost the confidence of entrepreneurs.

Restructuring the taxation on Esops is a great breather along with definition of turnover for scaled startups doing good work, said ‘Paynearby’ chief executive Anand Kumar Bajaj.

“The ESOPs always has been a very strong mechanism for start-ups to incentivize, attract and retain high performing talent. The government proposal would allow startups to leverage Esops more effectively,” trading platform ‘Connect2India CEO’ Pawan Gupta commented.

Anuj Golecha, co-founder for the platform ‘Venture Catalysts’ said the ecosystem has reasons to be satisfied with the budget announcements.

“A dedicated investment clearance cell for providing end-to- end facilitation and support including pre-investment advisory, information on land banks and quicker clearance of funds at the state-level will boost the entrepreneurship culture,” said Golecha.

Currently the paperwork and the channels to engage with both pre and post investments are huge and the one-stop clearance would allow entrepreneurs more time to focus on their business, Gupta observed.

Harsh Jain, co-founder of ‘Groww’, said the move on the Esops will encourage more startups to get incorporated, and make it easier for them to attract and retain good talent.

The budget also proposes to provide early life funding, including a seed fund to support ideation and development of early stage startups.

“The proposed seed funding support for ‘ideation and development’ of early-stage startups would encourage more people to take the entrepreneurship plunge as well as support the existing startups,” Gupta said.

Terming the startups as ‘engines of growth’, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said during the budget speech that the present Esops taxation leads to cash-flow problem for the employees who do not sell shares immediately and continue to hold the same for the long-term.

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