A seasonal rush on business or just a tight deadline might mean you have to ask your staff to come in at the weekend. As a sweetener you offer to buy lunch for them, but will the Taxman want a bite
out of it?
Published 12.11.2010
Tax planning for the family company is a very popular topic with the experts. But if you haven’t tied the knot, can you still use your company to get tax-free benefits for your partner?
Published 16.09.2010
One of your suppliers has tickets to next year’s Olympics, and has offered a few to you free of charge. Can the directors and employees of your company use these without getting hit with a tax bill?
Published 07.09.2011
Employees can be expensive to run. If they’re off sick it’s a double whammy as you’ll lose their services while they’re ill yet still have to pay them, Statutory Sick Pay at least. But might the tax
system offer some help?
Published 19.01.2011
A colleague has told you that instead of discounts from his suppliers he’s asking them for extra items, free of charge. He reckons that as these have no cost he can take them out of his company
tax-free. Is this something you could do?
Published 03.12.2009
If your business is relocating to a more expensive area, or you’ve got your eye on a property that’s just out of your price range, is there any way in which your company can help with the finances
without triggering a huge tax bill?
Published 29.03.2010
Dual SIM mobiles are gaining popularity, particularly with business users. But if you decide to switch your company phone to one of these devices, might you be jeopardising your tax exemption?
Published 15.11.2011
Do you want to get some cash out of the company tax-free? You could hand over the keys to your family’s second car in exchange for cash, and keep using it. But will having more than one company car
land you with a big tax bill?
Published 09.04.2009
Where your company pays for improvements to property which you own, this counts as a taxable benefit for you even if the business occupies and uses the building. How can you defer and possibly reduce
the tax bill?
Published 22.07.2011
Where your company buys or makes something and later gives it to you, this can trigger stiff tax charges. But is there a way you can use your company’s buying power to save money on purchases and
dodge the tax charges altogether?
Published 19.01.2011