In the hunt for extra revenue, one tax relief that the Chancellor (whomever is successful) is bound to look at closely is Entrepreneurs’ Relief. How can the tri group help with solvent liquidations before its too late?
Business Confidence 2019; Q2 Report
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales has recently published its Business Confidence Index for the second quarter of 2019. And pretty grim reading it is.
What is Entrepreneurs’ Relief?
Entrepreneurs’ Relief is an attractive relief for payers of capital gains tax, when disposing of qualifying business assets, commonly shares in a trading company. Normally this is when the business has been sold or is coming to an end for some other reason, such as retirement. It brings a reduction in the rate of tax payable to 10%, as opposed to the usual rate of up to 28%.
Brexit: A personal perspective
Well, well. Who’d have thought it? The nation has had its say and it seems we want out of the EU. So what are the consequences for UK businesses? In the short term we are inevitably faced with a period of uncertainty.
So are you a director?
Who are the directors of a company? At first sight that’s a pretty straightforward question to answer. Surely, you simply look at the company’s records at Companies House and there you’ll have it. But it’s not quite that easy. The law defines a director as “any person who holds the position of director, by whatever name called”.
Accelerated Payment Notices: a threat to your wealth
No man in this country is under the smallest obligation, moral or other, so as to arrange his legal relations to his business or to his property as to enable the Inland Revenue to put the largest possible shovel into his stores. The Inland Revenue is not slow – and quite rightly – to take every advantage that is open to it under the taxing statutes for the purpose of depleting the taxpayer’s pocket.