As profits increase, many company directors choose to keep the profits within the company to strengthen the balance sheet, protect the share value of the business and possibly to secure short term borrowing.

Our investment specialists can assist your business to structure a strategy to achieve your corporate investment objectives more effectively to help:

• Simplifying administration.
• Reduce tax on income and capital gains.
• Defer tax on income and capital gains.
• Secure control over the timing of any tax liability.
• Improve after tax investment returns.
• Minimise risk of investment.

There are many different routes to adopt including Bank and Building Society Accounts, Unit Trusts, OEICs, Life Assurance policies and Bonds.

The taxation of some corporate investments has changed to dictate that profits must be declared and subject to corporation tax on an annual basis. It is important to be able to therefore distinguish not only what investments will provide value but also tax efficiency too.

The dilemma about what to do with cash in reserve is at the core of corporate tax and trust planning. Companies want to get a good return on their money, yet have a flexible planning system that lets them access their money when they need it.