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
You’re parting ways with your family company and leaving it to the next generation. The plan is for your company to buy your shares and for tax reasons ask HMRC to treat it as a capital transaction.
But might there be a better option?
Published 26.06.2017
The co-director and shareholder of your company wants to leave and sell their shares. You can’t raise the cash to buy them out. They have suggested a company share buy-back. Is this something worth
considering?
Published 22.01.2020
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
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
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 sold your company a year ago, but a warranty clause in the contract means you have to repay some of the sale proceeds to the buyer. How will this affect the capital gains tax (CGT) you paid on
the deal?
Published 10.12.2013
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
The Taxman’s concession for companies closing down is to go, probably in April 2012. However, the Treasury Solicitor has just scrapped his equivalent concession with immediate effect. Could this mean
higher tax bills for shareholders?
Published 28.11.2011
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