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Originally posted by Lance View Post
you sure about that???
Some thoughts
- You appear to be confusing ER (BADR) with a capital distribution. ER is simply a tax relief on capital gains tax. The amount of money involved is immaterial.
- If the cash value is small (<£25k if I recall correctly) then you can do a capital distribution with a voluntary strike off, AND claim ER/BADR, and not worry about TAAR legislation.
Maybe now is the time to ask a professional. You are in danger of making a costly mistake, based on insufficient information, provided to unqualified bozos, over the internet.
Your problem is primarily based on the fact that you don't even know what questions you should ask. Why don't you start again and tell us what you have, what you want, and where you want to be (or pay a professional)?
Thanks for all the info, I'll speak to an accountant once I've got away from SJD.
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Originally posted by yamyam View PostThere isn't enough in the company to consider ER. I'd just take the retained profit as dividends & move on.
Some thoughts
- You appear to be confusing ER (BADR) with a capital distribution. ER is simply a tax relief on capital gains tax. The amount of money involved is immaterial.
- If the cash value is small (<£25k if I recall correctly) then you can do a capital distribution with a voluntary strike off, AND claim ER/BADR, and not worry about TAAR legislation.
Maybe now is the time to ask a professional. You are in danger of making a costly mistake, based on insufficient information, provided to unqualified bozos, over the internet.
Your problem is primarily based on the fact that you don't even know what questions you should ask. Why don't you start again and tell us what you have, what you want, and where you want to be (or pay a professional)?
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There isn't enough in the company to consider ER. I'd just take the retained profit as dividends & move on.
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
I mean, if he's going to claim ER on one company and immediately set up a new one doing exactly the same thing. Do you not consider that a bad idea?
All I saw was the quick fix of replacing 1 company with another as we've seen before for multiple reasons (accountancy recommendation or separation/divorce).
You made a jump in logic to claiming BADR which wasn't mentioned by the OP nor anyone else.
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
I mean, if he's going to claim ER on one company and immediately set up a new one doing exactly the same thing. Do you not consider that a bad idea?
TAAR has no relevance to ER/BADR. It covers capital gains (of which ER/BADR is simply a tax relief).
Taking the cash as dividends and starting a new company is absolutely fine in this regard.
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Originally posted by eek View Post
Really? For many years some accountants recommended Phoenicians every few years (where possible) to avoid the risk of IR35 attacks.
and I can name some posters here who will have multiple companies covering different pieces of work (myself included).
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Originally posted by WTFH View Post
Do you have much money in the old company?
How do you plan to get that out, because phoenixing is considered a really bad idea.
and I can name some posters here who will have multiple companies covering different pieces of work (myself included).
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Originally posted by yamyam View PostSorry maybe I wasn't quite clear. We were 50:50 when we setup, but went to 60:40 in early 2021. I think the answer is start another Ltd, being 100% on my own.
How do you plan to get that out, because phoenixing is considered a really bad idea.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
Yes but no. Highly simplistic the point of being bad advice. You can't do it as you please. Process wise you can but you are going to attract the attention of HMRC who will question why you are changing it 'as you please'. The answer (to them) will be aggressive tax avoidance which they will not like. You really should keep changes to divis to an absolute minimum if at all possible so as not to attract attention to a situation HMRC will be more than interested in.
Originally posted by Lance View Post
Agreed.
Arctic systems allows income shifting between spouses as a tax avoidance mechanism, but that case does not include frequent changes to the share holding. So IMO (IANAL) changing all the time risks removing the protection provided by the Arctic systems case.
As for OP. 50/50 to 60/40???? Really?? There's not much to be saved from that. Just leave it.
If it was moving from 50/50 to 80/20 then yeah go for it. But leave it like that for some years.
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Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
Yes but no. Highly simplistic the point of being bad advice. You can't do it as you please. Process wise you can but you are going to attract the attention of HMRC who will question why you are changing it 'as you please'. The answer (to them) will be aggressive tax avoidance which they will not like. You really should keep changes to divis to an absolute minimum if at all possible so as not to attract attention to a situation HMRC will be more than interested in.
Arctic systems allows income shifting between spouses as a tax avoidance mechanism, but that case does not include frequent changes to the share holding. So IMO (IANAL) changing all the time risks removing the protection provided by the Arctic systems case.
As for OP. 50/50 to 60/40???? Really?? There's not much to be saved from that. Just leave it.
If it was moving from 50/50 to 80/20 then yeah go for it. But leave it like that for some years.
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Originally posted by pr1 View PostAFAIK if you are married you can gift each other shares back and forth as you please - draft up new share certificates with the new proportions and both sign
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Did your accountant explain to you that changes in shareholdings where the only purpose is taxation motivated is likely to be looked upon dimly should you be investigated by HMRC? I am not saying don't do it. But I suspect in a year or two when your circumstances change again, there's going to be another question about changing shareholdings once more.
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AFAIK if you are married you can gift each other shares back and forth as you please - draft up new share certificates with the new proportions and both sign
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Dilution of Husband Wife Company Shares
Morning, looking for a bit of advice from anyone who may have done what I'm thinking about doing with my Ltd please.
I set up around 5 years ago 50:50 with my wife who was taking a break from the NHS. This worked great, utilising her lower tax rates for the first few years.
She has been working part time & earning a salary swell which has made tax planning a bit less straightforward.
Our accountant advised us to change the share split to 60:40 in my favour.
We have come to a point where she wants to return to work full time. I'd like to remove her from the business, removing her shares (diluting maybe or buying her out?).
What would be the best way to conclude her relationship with the Ltd?
Thank you
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