Company Tax Planning Handbook 2015 2016

The highest rate of personal income tax for 2015/2016 is 45%. However the highest headline rate of tax a company pays is 20% (from April 2015). This provides a significant incentive for many people to use a UK company for trading or investment purposes. However, company owners need to consider both the company tax position as well as their own individual tax position. This book looks at a number of tax planning issues for company owners and considers both corporate and personal tax planning opportunities available. It is updated for the latest changes for 2015/2016 and includes numerous new sections. Subjects covered include: How Much Salary To Pay In 2015/2016 To Minimise Tax? Should You Be Using A UK Company? Ways To Reduce Corporation Tax Financing A New Company Tax Efficiently Using a Directors Loan Account to Reduce Tax New Proposals For Disclosure Of Beneficial Owners New Capital Allowance Rules Qualifying For inheritance Tax Relief When Your Company Has Large Cash Balances Watch out for The new anti avoidance rule on the transfer of corporate profits The Patent Box and The 10% Rate of Corporation Tax When non resident companies are within the UK corporation tax regime Trading in the UK with a UK company or LLP Liquidating companies in 2015 Maximising Tax Relief On The Purchase Of Business Premises Transferring Property Assets Out Of A Company Making Your Company Investor Ready For EIS Relief The Seed EIS Scheme Splitting A Company's Activities To Reduce Tax Using A Holding Company Should You Rent Property To Your Company? Tax Planning For Your UK Company If You Leave The UK Transferring A UK Company Overseas Using A UK Company In Offshore Tax Planning Setting Up An Offshore Subsidiary Of Your UK Company To Reduce Tax Structuring Your Business Prior To A Disposal Qualifying For Entrepreneurs Relief If Your Company Has Large Cash Balances

May 2016 Edition - Updated For April 2016 and Proposed 2017 Changes The highest rate of personal income tax for 2016/2017 is 45%. However the rate of tax a company pays is 20% (from April 2015 and reducing to 17% from April 2020). This provides a significant incentive for many people to use a UK company for trading or investment purposes. However, company owners need to consider both the company tax position as well as their own individual tax position. This book looks at a number of tax planning issues for company owners and considers both corporate and personal tax planning opportunities available. It is updated for the latest changes for 2016/2017 and includes numerous new sections. Subjects covered include: How Much Salary To Pay In 2016/2017 To Minimise Tax? Should You Be Using A UK Company? All about the new dividend rules from April 2016 Reducing tax on dividends after April 2016 Ways To Reduce Corporation Tax Financing a new company tax efficiently Tax restrictions on interest deductions for UK companies Budget 2016 tax changes for companies Using a Directors Loan Account to Reduce Tax New Proposals For Disclosure Of Beneficial Owners New Capital Allowance Rules Qualifying For inheritance Tax Relief When Your Company Has Large Cash Balances Watch out for The new anti avoidance rule on the transfer of corporate profits The Patent Box and The 10% Rate of Corporation Tax When non resident companies are within the UK corporation tax regime Trading in the UK with a UK company or LLP Liquidating companies in 2016 New rules that tax distributions on liquidation as income from April 2016 Maximising Tax Relief On The Purchase Of Business Premises Transferring Property Assets Out Of A Company Making Your Company Investor Ready For EIS Relief The Seed EIS Scheme Splitting A Company's Activities To Reduce Tax Using A Holding Company Should You Rent Property To Your Company? Tax Planning For Your UK Company If You Leave The UK Transferring A UK Company Overseas Using A UK Company In Offshore Tax Planning Setting Up An Offshore Subsidiary Of Your UK Company To Reduce Tax Structuring Your Business Prior To A Disposal Qualifying For Entrepreneurs Relief If Your Company Has Large Cash Balances

Tax Planning Strategies is ideal for gaining a clear understanding of many tax planning approaches and techniques that may yield substantial tax savings for individuals and small businesses. This helpful, plain-English guide focuses on the income tax issues primarily for individuals and also for businesses that need to be addressed throughout the year, as well as retirement and estate planning strategies.

This book looks in detail at how you can reduce capital gains tax in 2015/2016. It is fully updated for the 2015 Budget and 2015 Summer Budget. It starts off by looking at the CGT calculation. First the basic calculation, then it looks at the key elements in a little more detail. The CGT reliefs are one of the main ways that most people reduce CGT. We therefore look at all of the main reliefs in detail. There are lots of other CGT planning opportunities from using the humble annual exemption to the more exotic such as using offshore trusts. We cover all of these in this guide. Topics covered in this book include: The basic CGT calculation Capital Gains Tax: Detailed Calculations Making the Most of Your Annual CGT Exemption The Key CGT Reliefs Other Reliefs Non Resident CGT Planning Selling UK property after April 2015 Avoiding the 28% rate of CGT with joint ownership Using Offshore Trusts For CGT Avoidance Making a negligible value claim to crystallise capital losses Structuring disposals free of CGT whilst UK resident When individuals can still qualify for indexation relief in 2016 Beneficial ownership, receiving a share of the proceeds and reducing CGT Reducing CGT on second properties Maximising private lettings relief to reduce CGT and the 2014 changes Changes to PPR relief from 2015 - What needs to be done now to maximise relief 5 ways to reduce capital gains tax on a second property abroad CGT, divorce and your new partner Using an LLP to maximise Entrepreneurs Relief and reduce capital gains tax How to claim PPR relief on property occupied by a relative Transferring assets to an emigrant beneficiary trust to achieve a capital gains tax free disposal Crystallising capital gains without actually selling assets Selling UK business assets as a non UK resident free of UK capital gains tax

September 2015 Edition. Fully updated for the March 2015 Budget and the July 2015 Summer Budget. Inheritance tax is a particularly nasty tax as it's a tax on your capital that you've accumulated from your after tax earnings. It applies at 40% on the value of your estate above the nil rate band (currently £325,000). It's not just the assets held at the date of your death that are included, but also assets gifted away (in some cases) up to 14 years before. In this book we look at some of the top ways you can legally reduce your inheritance tax liability. There are a number of options and opportunities - from simply giving away assets to setting up a trust or emigrating from the UK completely. Topics covered include: How to reduce Inheritance tax on gifts How the exemption for normal transfers of income applies How the new £1Million allowance applies for your home When the 7 year period becomes a 14 year period What to do and when to avoid Inheritance tax Reducing IHT with the new 36% rate of Inheritance tax How to maximise tax reliefs for charitable giving Inheritance tax planning for joint bank accounts New rules for non doms from the 2015 Summer Budget Reducing Inheritance tax on insurance policies Putting life insurance into a flexible gift trust or bare trust to reduce Inheritance tax Using side letters for IHT purposes Inheritance tax planning for the family home Reducing tax on a property investment portfolio by using mortgages How to save substantial amounts of inheritance Tax on your investment properties Maximising tax Inheritance tax relief on your family company AIM shares & IHT relief Qualifying for Inheritance Tax relief on companies with large cash balances How the transferable nil rate band applies Using a Parallel Company to reduce Inheritance tax Reducing Inheritance tax with a double tax treaty A review of the UK-US Inheritance tax/Estate tax treaty UK inheritance tax and gifting cash abroad Emigrating from the UK to avoid Inheritance Tax

Strategic Business Tax Planning, Second Edition is the definitive handbook on business tax planning, skipping the unnecessary and minute taxation details and focusing instead on the big picture in taxes. Organized around business processes, this reader-friendly guide shows you how to optimally put tax management principles to work in your business.

‘The Zurich Tax Handbook should be on the bookshelf of every independent financial adviser, as well as many higher rate tax payers.’ Pensions World The Zurich Tax Handbook 2015–16 is your annual authoritative guide to the UK tax system and how it may affect you or your clients. It explains the key aspects of taxation, providing worked examples, checklists, definitions and tax-saving hints. This edition includes full information from the 2014 Autumn Statement, the March 2015 Budget, the July 2015 Budget and the Finance Act 2015. Key features include: A digest at the beginning of the book which summarises the main tax changes for 2015–16 Over 120 key ‘tax notes’ to help save you money Detailed advice on how to reduce tax liabilities for yourself and your clients Comprehensive information on tax allowances and thresholds Guidance on how to complete tax returns on time and without penalties Gerald A. Mowles is the founder of BBL (UK) Services LLP – London. He is a US and UK tax accountant with over two decades of experience in dealing with high net worth individuals and their tax affairs. Tony Foreman is an Associate with BBL. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation and has specialised in tax planning since 1975.