One of the biggest problems many of our clients ask us to help them resolve is the burden of success….
All successful business owners know that the price of making too much profit is an eye-watering Corporation Tax bill. How to reduce your Corporation Tax liability without impacting liquidity or other impact, seems almost impossible.
It is a tax upon your hard work and success and can feel like an unmanageable dilemma!
You pay your tax once; paying it twice is a double blow.
… make less profit or rid of it from the trading company account – but that is easier said than done without incurring tax penalties and reducing that essential cash flow.
The list goes on, but they all come at a price to you and your company in the form of reduced company cashflow.
To continue the successful financial management of the company and to be prepared for unforeseen expenses, liquidity MUST be maintained.
The answer therefore lies in a solution that legally removes excess profit from the trading company and places it somewhere that:
TLPI can work with you to understand your exact situation, address pain points and resolve goals. Our consultants are experienced in strategic tax planning for enhanced cashflow and reduced Corporation Tax. The process is straightforward as TLPI does the heavy lifting to ensure the plan is HMRC compliant, robust, and easy to manage for your ongoing success.
The plan can consist of one, or both, of the following products:
The Small Self-Administered Scheme (SSAS)
and
the Family Investment Company (FIC)
A SSAS is a business pension scheme, exclusively available to company directors. It allows business owners like you to take control of your own pension funds, all within the rules of HMRC and The Pensions Regulator (TPR), and invest them at your own discretion. You can read more about the SSAS by clicking here
The key element here is the SSAS Loanback. This is a facility unique to this sophisticated pension type which allows you to loan up to 50% of your pension to your trading company, for any business purpose. Immediately, the cash flow issue is solved! Cash, assets, and pension contributions can be paid into the SSAS, reducing the balance sheet, providing investment funds and securing assets, BUT funds still remain available to the company via the unique SSAS pension loanback facility.
Loans from your pension to your company must be paid back within five years. You can set your own interest rate on the loan, as long as it is at least 1% above the high-street base rate. The trick here is to set a higher interest rate, meaning that your payments from the business are increased, further reducing the company balance sheet, whilst increasing your pension pot at the same time. In addition, this is the repayment of a business loan and is thus classed as a business expense!
Using a SSAS, clever solutions can be created to increase growth both in the business and the pension fund. In turn, this unlocks a myriad of investment opportunities that would have otherwise been closed to you.
Another great benefit of a SSAS pension is that, unlike other pension schemes, it is allowed to invest in property, all within HMRC rules. There are so many options and strategies open to you via the SSAS.
The company then pays rent to your SSAS –
You can read more about SSAS investments and the extensive benefits it offers by clicking here.
“A company director who has not investigated the SSAS as a powerful business tool is wasting a fantastic opportunity for growth and further business success”
Whilst the SSAS is an amazing asset for any business owner on its own, there is further opportunity to save tax and protect wealth by also implementing and integrating a second product, the Family Investment Company.
Retained profit from the company is transferred into the Family Investment Company and used to purchase a number of buy-to-let properties
By coupling the Family Investment Company with the Small Self-Administered Scheme, you are creating a financial triangle that gives you extreme flexibility over your total financial situation. By elevating your tax plan in this way, funds can be moved between the company, the FIC, and the SSAS, providing the greatest tax savings and the most profitable investments.
The FIC may take advantage of various tax reliefs, allowances, and benefits available to companies generally. The FIC and the trading company could be eligible for capital allowances, for example on investments in machinery, research, and development (R&D), or other business reliefs. Tax planning implements the understanding of these and utilises them via the FIC, within HMRC rules, to reduce its taxable profits and, in turn, corporation tax liability.
You can read more about the Family Investment Company by clicking here.
Start using your company profits to their full potential without impacting that essential liquidity.
Your initial conversation with one of our experienced consultants is free and without obligation, to answer any questions you may have an ascertain if and how a bespoke tax plan can work for you, your business and your family.
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