Strategic Tax Planning

Ascendis works closely with clients, prospective clients and Introducers to maximise tax-efficiency for successful entrepreneurs and businesses.

A successful business usually takes years to grow but is taxed in a breath. With the innovative tax strategies, you can retain your profits and invest the savings for a double growth effect!

We specialise in advising both individuals and owner managed businesses on a variety of tax schemes and strategies. The planning is devised, implemented and performed by our strategic alliances and links with expert and high level Tax planning consultancies.

Who can we assist?

Companies

  • Companies with profits in excess of £100,000 wishing to reward their directors and employers in bonuses or dividends
  • Companies wishing to reward key staff and executives with tax efficient remuneration packages
  • Companies wishing to acquire commercial properties in excess of £500,000
  • Directors looking to release an overdrawn director's loan account
  • Companies that want to use an asset to pay a bonus to key employees
  • Companies with large gains on property portfolios
  • Companies about to launch money-spinning new products or services and whose directors wish to protect the profits.

Individuals

  • High income earners (e.g. £125,000 pa from any source)
  • Couples or individuals making purchases of residential property in excess of £500,000
  • Agencies with contractors and individual contractors with earnings in excess of £30,000 pa that are subject to IR35
  • Individuals with substantial property portfolios
  • Individuals with large taxable estates.

Call us on 0845 054 8560, send an enquiry or email us today to arrange an informal chat.

Our strategic tax planning services are available to significantly reduce and even mitigate the following:

Personal Taxation
Ascendis can assist in implementing a variety of structures which minimise or negate the income tax burden on working professionals.

Corporate Taxation
We have access to a number of tax mitigation strategies which can assist in profit extraction whilst simultaneously minimizing the tax charge.

Capital Gains Tax
Capital Gains Tax is also a tax that can be comfortably planned around as long as clients give the tax consequences real consideration pre-sale rather than post-sale.

Inheritance Tax
With the property boom of the last decade, Inheritance Tax is no longer a concern for just the Rich and Famous. Various pieces of planning exist which can

Stamp Duty Land Tax
Being one of the most unliked taxes we can introduce SDLT mitigation planning. Scope of the planning includes commercial and residential properties from £500K upwards.

Self Employed or Contractor individual affected by IR35
Ascendis has formed an alliance with a partner that provides tax efficient remuneration planning for contractors and employees working in the UK and abroad.