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Tax relief on loans to close companies

Tax relief on loans to close companies

Family and personal companies are often ‘close’ companies. Broadly, this is one that is controlled by five or fewer shareholders or any number of shareholders all of whom are directors. In a close company, the directors and shareholders may borrow money from the...
Gift aid – Beware if your income falls

Gift aid – Beware if your income falls

Where a Gift Aid declaration is made, the recipient charity or community amateur sports club can claim back basic rate tax on the donation. The donation is treated as made net of basic rate tax, meaning that for every £1 donated, the charity can claim back 25p, or to...
Relief for losses in the early years of a trade

NIC and company directors

Special rules apply to company directors when it comes to calculating their Class 1 National Insurance liabilities. Why the rules Directors, particularly of personal and family companies, can control how and when they are paid and, in the absence of special rules,...