Pension schemes aren’t the most popular form of investment these days. But directors who own shares in their company are in an ideal position to create a tax-efficient and personalised retirement
fund. How does this work?
Published 18.02.2013
You’ve been offered the chance to invest in a property development project. The trouble is most of your cash is tied up in your company. Should it make the investment and take the profits or is there
a more tax-efficient alternative?
Published 13.02.2015
As a director and shareholder, you know that paying yourself a dividend is more tax-efficient than a bonus. But if there are other shareholders, they must receive a dividend at the same time. How can
you keep more for yourself?
Published 18.01.2006
You’re leaving profits in your company to accumulate with a view to eventually winding the business up and taking the profits as a capital amount. But might you save tax by extracting them as pension
contributions?
Published 18.02.2022
When you started the business you and your colleagues agreed to share the profits equally, but now one needs more income. You’ve agreed to it provided the others are compensated later. What’s the
best way to do this?
Published 13.02.2015
Dividends are the most tax and NI-efficient way to take income from your company. The trouble is they can only be paid when your company has sufficient profits. But how do you work this out?
Published 27.11.2013
Your company is almost ten years old and doing well. You have no intention of retiring yet, but you would like to reap some of the growth in value now. What are your options?
Published 29.04.2015
The Taxman has special anti-avoidance rules for directors who try to save tax by shifting some of their income to their kids. But as they won’t stay children forever, can income shifting work for you
as a long-term plan?
Published 28.04.2010
Our subscriber is the sole owner manager of a company he started from scratch. He’s received an offer of employment which he intends to take up. His question is what’s the most tax-efficient way to
extract the accumulated company profits?
Published 28.07.2023
The Autumn Statement included another swipe at company owner managers to add to the hit they’ll take when the corporation tax rate increases in April 2023. In light of this should you be
rethinking your profit extraction strategy for next year?
Published 20.02.2023