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Aren't there any other matters to consider in deciding whether to incorporate or not?

Higher administration costs to comply with company law, payroll and bookkeeping is one factor. Another issue is pension planning. Extracting profits out ofrepparttar company as dividends rather than salary means that there will be no "net relevant earnings" and therefore pension contributions can't be made. Butrepparttar 125129 advent of stakeholder pension plans has meant that contributions up to œ3,600 per year can be made withoutrepparttar 125130 need for any earnings. If a person does not wish to transfer funds in existing plans into stakeholder because of high charges, there is a way out:repparttar 125131 best net relevant earnings (i.e. salary) in five consecutive years can be used for making contributions forrepparttar 125132 next five years, even if there were no salaries inrepparttar 125133 remainder four years. It is comforting to know that entitlement to basic state pension is not affected by taking a salary fromrepparttar 125134 company atrepparttar 125135 level of a person's personal allowances i.e. œ4,615.

Furthermore, an individual may decide not to bother with pension plans and instead invest in ISA. Often, these can be more efficient than pensions but that's besiderepparttar 125136 scope of this article. If that option is taken, no salary is necessary.

Another factor is business motoring. It might be tax advantageous for an unincorporated business that owns many cars not to incorporate because if these cars have some private use there will be benefits in kind taxed onrepparttar 125137 users. These are generally higher thanrepparttar 125138 straight apportionment between private and business for all car running costs inrepparttar 125139 case of sole traders.

The conclusion is that there can be considerable tax savings waitingrepparttar 125140 sole trader who decides to go downrepparttar 125141 road to incorporation. But, one needs to proceed with caution and careful planning. And don't forgetrepparttar 125142 biggest advantage of incorporation, which is Protection from Personal Liability. Incorporating is one ofrepparttar 125143 best ways to protect a business owner from personal liability. Shareholders of a company are generally not liable forrepparttar 125144 obligations ofrepparttar 125145 company. Creditors of a company may seek payment from its assets, but notrepparttar 125146 assets ofrepparttar 125147 shareholders. This means that business owners may engage in business without risking their homes or other personal property.

Thank you for takingrepparttar 125148 time to read this Article. I hope you've found it useful. If you have, please drop me an email and let me know what you think.

You can email me at...

constantinesavva@accamail.com

Alternatively, you can visit our website at http://www.tax-accounting-london.info and read a series of other full length articles that presentrepparttar 125149 complete picture on a variety of interesting topics.

If you would like to know how to save tax and make sure that more of your hard earned cash stays with you to expand your business and increase your profits, we have a Free Special Report addressed to small businesses either starting up or already in business. This Exclusive Free Special Report is available automatically when you subscribe to our regular series of Free Newsletters on finance advice and tax planning by visiting our subscription area on our website www.tax-accounting- london.info. It is complied from real life situations dealing with small business tax affairs for over 10 years and it is loaded with down-to-earth advice and practical, understandable examples.

LEGAL NOTICE Whilst every care has been taken inrepparttar 125150 preparation of this article,repparttar 125151 author cannot accept responsibility for any errors or omissions. Proper professional advice should be taken at all times.

We retain copyright forrepparttar 125152 contents of this article. Any unauthorized copying or onward distributions are prohibited without our consent.

Born with the promotional strategist's gene... followed by twenty successful years experience in Media, Marketing, PR and copywriting.

http://www.feedyourhungrymind.com


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