There’s no escaping tax on the benefits-in-kind (BiK) you receive from your company, but a loophole in the rules means that you can delay payment for a long time. How can you take advantage of this?
Published 28.04.2011
Where you borrow money interest-free from your company, you can land yourself with a tax bill. But a friend, who’s also a director, tells you that he avoids this by paying interest to his company.
Will this also work for you?
Published 31.10.2011
According to a certain major supermarket chain, “every little helps”. But if the little extra in question is credit card reward points or Air Miles collected on your business purchases, will the
Taxman expect you to cut him in?
Published 04.02.2010
You want to pay yourself in the most tax-efficient way and this usually involves taking dividends, but these can only be paid if your company makes a profit. So what’s the position if you get your
sums wrong and you take too much?
Published 15.07.2013
We recently heard from a subscriber who has been doing battle with the Taxman over use of company resources. He reckons that the directors should pay tax for using the company’s software at home.
Does he have a point?
Published 05.01.2010
Salary sacrifice schemes can reduce your tax and save your company NI costs. But depending on the amount and type of income you receive the savings can vary widely. How can you get the best result?
Published 17.10.2012
Wouldn’t it be nice to have your own place in the sun and escape there every so often when the going gets tough. And wouldn’t it be even better if there were tax relief on the running costs; the idea
is not as far fetched as you might think.
Published 06.07.2010
There are two different ways to calculate the taxable benefit-in-kind (BiK) on your director’s loan account. One of them is more tax efficient, but the Taxman has the right to override this; is he
likely to do so?
Published 08.06.2010
Dividends might be the most tax-efficient way to take income from your company but they can only be paid out of profits. This means for a recently started business they probably aren’t an option.
What’s the next best thing?
Published 01.05.2012
One of your part-time staff has asked for a salary advance to help pay for dental work. You’re happy to oblige, but can you help further by using a loophole in the tax system? And might the same
trick work for you?
Published 03.02.2014