The Employment Investment Incentive (EII) helps small and medium enterprises attract investment by offering an Income Tax relief to private investors. Most trading activities are included in the scheme but certain professional services such as legal and medical services are excluded.
You may be eligible if:
Your company is an unquoted micro-enterprise or SME carrying out a qualifying trade
You are a new company that has not yet commenced operations
You are a company operating less than seven years since your first commercial sale
You are a company in operating less than ten years since incorporation
Your company is expanding into a new economic activity
Eligibility is subject to terms and conditions which can be found on the Revenue website.