Your Options

Personal Tax Planning

Are you paying too much tax – be it income tax, corporation tax or capital gains tax? Whatever your stage in life, we can help you to use a spread of financial options to maximise your tax allowances and optimise your exposure, so you lose as little as possible to HMRC and retain more of your hard-earned cash for security in later life. We can deliver practical ideas for a more efficient way of managing your money, making use of your pension, ISA, general investment account, bonds and possible other sources such as buy-to-let properties. By carefully structuring your income from each, we’ll position your money to work harder for you, so you are able to live the life you want.

Personal Tax Planning

  • Is there anything illegal about personal tax planning?

    Intelligently using the allowances and benefits available to you from the government to reduce the amount of tax you pay is perfectly legal. It is tax evasion – using deception or concealment – that is illegal. A candid answer is that we and our clients enjoy our liberty and family life, and do not wish to see it curtailed by a prison sentence should we be found guilty of any wrongdoing. We can prepare your financial affairs in the most tax-efficient manner, minimising exposure to income and capital gains taxes, and can assure you that we would never write to you to advise doing anything illegal. We often work closely with our client’s accountants, for a joined up approach.

  • Which is best for my money in terms of tax - property or pensions?

    It is probable that pensions will be more tax-efficient than property, and we would probably advise our clients to use pensions to grow their assets. However, a self-invested private pension (SIPP) can hold a property in a tax-efficient wrapper, so it may be possible to get the best of both worlds.

    It is also worth noting that a buy-to-let property cannot go in a pension, only commercial property can be held by a pension. If simply being used as an investment, you would be at the mercy of the property markets, and while they have been buoyant in recent years that is no guarantee that they will continue to be so.

  • Should I consider emigrating from the UK?

    It will depend on which tax(es) you want to avoid or reduce, and we could only give you a clear answer after investigating all the pros and cons, and the costs and benefits. If you move or live outside of the UK for tax reasons, this will create additional complications and you may find that you are not able to avoid the taxes you had hoped to for the entire duration of your time abroad, and you may still need to spend time in property in the UK. Added to this, depending on where you go, you may find the cost of living to be much higher than in the UK, and you are still having to pay for numerous trips back and forth to visit family or business interests. The upheaval to your life may not be worth the return.

  • Do you also complete my tax returns to HMRC?

    You may have seen some financial advisers offering this kind of service, but we are not accountants, instead preferring to concentrate on the areas where we can perform best and offer our expert advice. However, we are able to help provide organised data to your accountants in an efficient manner, which will significantly speed up their reconciliation and processing.

  • Is there anything illegal about personal tax planning?

    Intelligently using the allowances and benefits available to you from the government to reduce the amount of tax you pay is perfectly legal. It is tax evasion – using deception or concealment – that is illegal. A candid answer is that we and our clients enjoy our liberty and family life, and do not wish to see it curtailed by a prison sentence should we be found guilty of any wrongdoing. We can prepare your financial affairs in the most tax-efficient manner, minimising exposure to income and capital gains taxes, and can assure you that we would never write to you to advise doing anything illegal. We often work closely with our client’s accountants, for a joined up approach.

  • Which is best for my money in terms of tax - property or pensions?

    It is probable that pensions will be more tax-efficient than property, and we would probably advise our clients to use pensions to grow their assets. However, a self-invested private pension (SIPP) can hold a property in a tax-efficient wrapper, so it may be possible to get the best of both worlds.

    It is also worth noting that a buy-to-let property cannot go in a pension, only commercial property can be held by a pension. If simply being used as an investment, you would be at the mercy of the property markets, and while they have been buoyant in recent years that is no guarantee that they will continue to be so.

  • Should I consider emigrating from the UK?

    It will depend on which tax(es) you want to avoid or reduce, and we could only give you a clear answer after investigating all the pros and cons, and the costs and benefits. If you move or live outside of the UK for tax reasons, this will create additional complications and you may find that you are not able to avoid the taxes you had hoped to for the entire duration of your time abroad, and you may still need to spend time in property in the UK. Added to this, depending on where you go, you may find the cost of living to be much higher than in the UK, and you are still having to pay for numerous trips back and forth to visit family or business interests. The upheaval to your life may not be worth the return.

  • Do you also complete my tax returns to HMRC?

    You may have seen some financial advisers offering this kind of service, but we are not accountants, instead preferring to concentrate on the areas where we can perform best and offer our expert advice. However, we are able to help provide organised data to your accountants in an efficient manner, which will significantly speed up their reconciliation and processing.

FOCUS ON YOU

Where are you on the journey?

Is this you?

Do you own a business?

Have you spent your working life investing yourself in your business? Maintaining that level of attention and dedication to your clients, your services and your employees may mean you are on top of your operation’s finances, but perhaps not fully aware of your personal situation. We can help you to grow your money and plan for the future with your pension.
Is this you?

Are you retired, or approaching retirement?

Concerns about your cash flow may be at the forefront of your mind as you consider your retirement. Will you have enough, or have you run out of time to accumulate the necessary funds? We can assess your financial position and work with you to make the most of your pension pots so you are able to maintain your chosen lifestyle.
Is this you?

Do you have a final salary pension?

You may have paid into company pension schemes for years, maybe decades. But what will those funds mean to you when you retire? What might seem a reasonable amount now might not look the same in future with the rising cost of living. You need help to fully understand your pension pots to solve immediate needs and set up a private pension to keep you secure in retirement.

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Are you ready to take control of your finances and map out a safe and secure future for you and your family? Call us today on 01449 615714, or click the button below to drop us a line.

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