HMRC has issued new guidance to companies where they purchase their own shares. It includes useful tax-saving advice for married couples who both own shares in the same company. What’s the full
story?
Published 09.09.2014
If you’re intending to sell your shares back to the issuing company, it’s usual to ask the Taxman to apply Capital Gains Tax (CGT) to the sale rather than income tax. But is this always the best
option and do you have a choice anyway?
Published 13.12.2012
You’re planning to exit your company (it will buy your shares) and start out on your own. The normal strategy is to ask HMRC to treat this transaction as liable to capital gains tax (CGT), but might
there be a cheaper option?
Published 22.05.2019
Where you sell your shares back to your company you can ask the Taxman to apply the Capital Gains Tax rates instead of the less generous ones for income tax. This can save you a bundle in tax, but if
he refuses is it all bad news?
Published 22.06.2010
You’ve decided to retire and sell your shares in the family company, but neither the family nor the company can afford to buy you out all at once. Yet if you sell in stages you’ll pay more tax. How
can you sell and keep your tax bill down?
Published 17.05.2011
You’re retiring soon and your fellow shareholders want to buy you out. The trouble is they don’t have the cash and paying you in dribs and drabs will cost you extra tax. How can you get your money
out tax efficiently?
Published 27.11.2013
After a difference of opinion on the future of your company your co-director has agreed to sell her shares to you. You’ve arrived at a fair price, but the trouble is you now have to find the cash.
What’s the most tax-efficient way to do this?
Published 21.06.2013
The main director shareholder of a company is moving on. It’s been agreed the company will buy his shares, but the trouble is it doesn’t have enough cash. Why is this a problem and how can it be
resolved?
Published 18.09.2023
The executors of a shareholder’s estate are required to sell their shares to the company’s other shareholders. The trouble is they can’t afford to. The company can buy them instead but this increases
the tax cost. Is there a way around this?
Published 06.01.2022
A company has the power to buy back its own shares from its shareholders, allowing you to cash in on your investment tax efficiently. A recent case has brought a new twist to this classic. How could
you take advantage of this?
Published 21.06.2007