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Business Tax Insider

Business Tax Insider is your monthly guide to tax-saving strategies whether you're a professional advisor, an entrepreneur, a business owner or are a company director.

Each month our tax experts and authors share practical tips to help you better manage your tax affairs and reduce your tax liability.

Take a free 14-day trial today and download the February Business Tax Insider newsletter. As part of your free trial you’ll also get instant access to 445 tax saving strategies from our online tax articles.

Here is what our experts are sharing this month:

  • Operating through a PSC: Is it still worthwhile?

    For some time, the personal service company (PSC) has been the ‘holy grail’ of tax-efficient business structures.

    Sarah Bradford considers whether in light of the changes to the off-payroll working rules operating through a personal service company is still worthwhile.

  • Spouses and civil partners: Employee or business partner?

    One of the best tax planning arrangements around is engaging other family members in one’s business, especially one's spouse or business partner.

    Lee Sharpe looks at the main issues when considering whether or not to engage one’s spouse or civil partner in one’s business, as a partner or as an employee.

  • Shares in, or loans to, a company: Which is better?

    The difference between a share in a business and a loan to a business is probably as old as free market capitalism; that is, as old as money itself. 

    Alan Pink offers some pointers on the all-important choice of investment in a company..

  • It’s a ‘business’: HMRC says so!

    It might be considered straightforward enough to identify a ‘business’. However, that is not necessarily the case.

    Mark McLaughlin points out an apparent inconsistency by HMRC in its interpretation of what constitutes a business.

  • Q&As with Arthur Weller
Benefits of Business Tax Insider
  • Monthly business tax newsletter
  • Written by leading practising UK tax advisors for business owners and entrepreneurs
  • Most popular ways to reduce tax liability
  • Contains popular business tax Q&As
  • Immediate access to all 445 previous articles
Who is it for?
  • Small business owners
  • Family companies
  • Entrepreneurs
  • Accountants
  • CEOs
What topics do you cover?
  • Remuneration
  • VAT
  • Business taxes
  • Investment taxes
  • National Insurance
  • Dividends
  • And more

 

As part of your free trial, you will also get immediate access to the following popular tax-saving strategies:

  • Decisions, decisions! Salary Vs dividends

Lee Sharpe crunches some numbers for combining salary and dividends.

 

  • Directors' tax perks: Off the beaten track

Alan Pink looks into some useful but little-known directors’ tax perks.

 

  • Tax relief for business gifts and entertaining: Common misconceptions

Lee Sharpe looks at the principles behind tax relief for entertaining and related expenses, highlighting some expenses, typically classed as entertaining that could actually be classed as a different – allowable – deduction.

 

  • Selling the business: Shares vs assets

Alan Pink contrasts the tax implications of the sale of trading company shares and the sale of the company’s trade and assets.

 

  • ‘Spreading the load’ with spouse dividends

Alan Pink looks at a common income tax mitigation technique, and ‘danger areas’ to avoid.

 

Boost your business profits by paying less in business taxes!

 

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  • Instant access to all 445 online tax articles
  • 14-day free trial
  • 12 issues each year
  • Monthly business tax saving updates
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