I am writing about Business Property Relief and a fortunate son who will get the relief and a share in the company. A few weeks ago, we met Tim Gruber and his son Tom. Tim owns 50% of Tim’s Area Transport [TAT] Ltd with John Knox, who is no relation to Tim. Tim is looking
A share buyback in a family dispute is a solution to a problem. The problem is that the family members aren’t getting on. Relations are strained, and this is hurting the family business. It’s difficult to make decisions. Family members want to take the business in different directions. Even small things like agreeing a salary
This week, we will look at planning your business exit. We met Jimmy Fontaine yesterday. He has an IT sales and service company called Fontaines PC. Jimmy and his wife Jane have 3 kids, and none of them are showing any interest in the business. Jimmy is 57 now and would like to exit in
There are Retirement Relief changes in 2025. From 1 January 2025, Revenue will introduce some new rules. Why 2025 and not 2024? The thinking is that it allows business owners to benefit from the old rules. Some planning opportunities in 2024 before the changes in 2025 kick in. You’ll see what I mean below, at
This week we are going to look at company reorganisations and passing on your business. The goal is that your son or daughter gets the business but not all the other wealth in the business. By other wealth, we mean excess cash, shares, investment bonds, and rental properties. We will look at The Good, the
This relief applies on the disposal of your business assets once you are over 55 provided certain conditions are met. There are two different reliefs, one on the disposal of business assets outside of your family and the other on the disposal of assets to family members. Despite the name of the relief there is
Company Valuations This week we are continuing our series of blog posts on business exits and the various aspects of this topic that we have come across and have been involved with over the years. This week we are going to look at Company Valuations and how you would go about putting a value on
We are going to run a series of blogs [6 to 8] to cover a lot of the aspects of business exits that we have been involved in over the last few years and try and highlight some of the common themes that keep occurring. When we talk about business exit this could be an
