Sarah, Author at Assure Accountants Small business accounting you can trust Wed, 24 May 2023 08:57:00 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.1 Changes to the taxation of dividends https://vantage-accounting.co.uk/changes-to-the-taxation-of-dividends/ Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:13:35 +0000 http://dev.stilwellgray.co.uk/?p=12153 When a dividend is paid to an individual, it is subject to different tax rates compared to other income due to a 10% notional tax credit being added to the dividend. So for an individual who has dividend income which falls into the basic rate band the effective tax rate is nil as the 10% [...]

The post Changes to the taxation of dividends appeared first on Assure Accountants.

]]> When a dividend is paid to an individual, it is subject to different tax rates compared to other income due to a 10% notional tax credit being added to the dividend. So for an individual who has dividend income which falls into the basic rate band the effective tax rate is nil as the 10% tax credit covers the 10% tax liability. For a higher rate (40%) taxpayer, the effective tax rate on a dividend receipt is 25%.

From 6 April 2016: 

  • The 10% dividend tax credit is abolished with the result that the cash dividend received will be the gross amount potentially subject to tax.
  • New rates of tax on dividend income will be 7.5% for basic rate taxpayers, 32.5% for higher rate taxpayers and 38.1% for additional rate taxpayers.
  • A new Dividend Tax Allowance will remove the first £5,000 of dividends received in a tax year from taxation.

Many owner-managers running their business through a limited company will pay more tax next year if most of the profits are paid out as dividends rather than as a salary. This prospect raises a number of issues which we address below.

  • There is still a benefit in tax terms for most individuals to continue to trade as a limited company. The tax saved by incorporation compared to being unincorporated will be reduced next year but in the majority of cases there is still large annual tax savings.
  • There is still a benefit for a director-shareholder to take a dividend rather than a salary.
  • If you do not currently extract all the company profits as a dividend you may wish to consider increasing dividends before 6 April 2016. However, other tax issues may come into play, for example the loss of the personal tax allowance if your total ‘adjusted net income’ exceeds £100,000. There will also be non-tax issues such as the availability of funds or profits in the company to pay the dividend.

Please contact us before you make any decisions about changing the amount of dividends taken. Please note our conclusions above are based on only limited information that has been supplied by the government on the new regime. We expect draft legislation for the regime to be published by the end of the year.

The post Changes to the taxation of dividends appeared first on Assure Accountants.

]]> It’s our 20th Birthday! https://vantage-accounting.co.uk/its-our-20th-birthday/ Thu, 16 Jul 2015 16:25:18 +0000 http://theme-fusion.com/avada/?p=215 We are 20 years old this year and over that time have seen many changes to the way in which contractors and small businesses operate and we are pleased to say that many of our clients still remain from those early years. We decided our website and branding was starting to look a bit tired [...]

The post It’s our 20th Birthday! appeared first on Assure Accountants.

]]> We are 20 years old this year and over that time have seen many changes to the way in which contractors and small businesses operate and we are pleased to say that many of our clients still remain from those early years.

We decided our website and branding was starting to look a bit tired and have had a bit of a makeover.  We now have two brands and would love to hear your feedback:

  • SG Accounting. Fixed fee accountancy and taxation for contractors and freelancers.  sg-accounting.co.uk
  • Assure Accountants. Accountancy and taxation services for small businesses and individuals. vantage-accounting.co.uk

The post It’s our 20th Birthday! appeared first on Assure Accountants.

]]> Connect with Assure Accountants https://vantage-accounting.co.uk/connect-with-vantage-accounting/ Thu, 14 May 2015 16:23:43 +0000 http://theme-fusion.com/avada/?p=211 You can now connect with Assure Accountants across all of your favourite social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter. You can also keep up to date with the latest news from Assure Accountants on our blog.

The post Connect with Assure Accountants appeared first on Assure Accountants.

]]> You can now connect with Assure Accountants across all of your favourite social networking sites including Facebook and Twitter. You can also keep up to date with the latest news from Assure Accountants on our blog.

The post Connect with Assure Accountants appeared first on Assure Accountants.

]]>