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Guidance

Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes (Self Assessment helpsheet HS287)

How to complete the Capital Gains Tax summary of your tax return for share and security schemes.

From:
HM Revenue & Customs
Published
4 July 2014
Last updated
136 AugustApril 20252026 — See all updates

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HS287 Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes (2025)(2026)

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HS287 Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes (2024)(2025)

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HS287 Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes (2023)(2024)

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HS287 Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes (2022)(2023)

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Details

This guide explains how to report employee share and security schemes for Capital Gains Tax, including:

  • approved Share Incentive Plans
  • other approved schemes
  • transfers to Individual Savings Accounts
  • transfers to certain pension schemes
  • Enterprise Management Incentives
  • unapproved share schemes
  • same day share acquisitions (after 5 April 2002)
  • relief on certain disposals of unlisted shares to an approved share incentive plan

Updates to this page

Published 4 July 2014
Last updated 136 AugustApril 20252026 + show all updates

  2. The ‘Personal pension schemes/stakeholder pension schemes’ section has been updated to include ‘your Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme’ if you transfer shares to your pension scheme.

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Update history

2026-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for tax year 2026 to 2027 has been added, and the version for tax year 2022 to 2023 has been removed.

2025-08-13 13:07
The ‘Personal pension schemes/stakeholder pension schemes’ section has been updated to include ‘your Save As You Earn (SAYE) scheme’ if you transfer shares to your pension scheme.

2025-04-06 00:15
HS287 Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes (2025) added and HS287 Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes (2021) removed.

2024-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for tax year 2023 to 2024 has been added, and the version for tax year 2019 to 2020 has been removed.

2023-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for tax year 2023 has been added, and the version for tax year 2019 has been removed.

2022-06-09 10:29
The ‘Claims and elections – employee share schemes’ section has been updated with information about what to include in box 36.

2022-04-06 00:15
We have added the Capital Gains Tax and employee share schemes helpsheet for 2022.