Businesses Are Moving Offashore And Saving Tax – Legally

Companies are looking for legitimate solutions that enable them to remain profitable by reducing their costs and increasing profitability. Reviewing the way a business is structured can deliver big benefits. Even businesses with moderate taxable profits can reap rewards.

The outcome of such a review may demonstrate that a business can legitimately and significantly reduce its tax burden by re-organising its structure. A corporate re-structure may include the addition of offshore or international business companies, that take advantage of the UK’s Double Taxation Treaties and low rates of tax in treaty partner countries.

In the following case study a UK company (‘UK Co’) that buys goods from China (‘China Co’) and sells to consumers in the UK.

Upon review the owners of UK Co decide to make changes to their corporate structure. They transfer their shares in UK Co and form two new companies:

The new corporate structure took only a few days to establish and was ready for operations by the beginning of the next financial year. The business now operated like this:

Therefore at the end of the first financial year using the new corporate structure, UK Co made a smaller taxable profit but this was offset by increased profits of Cyprus Co. The detail looked like this:

The above example structure cost £2,000 to set up, and £2,500 annually for government fees, accounting/audit and corporate services. YourBooks Ltd in Cyprus offers a wide range of bespoke solutions and special ‘packages’ at cost-effective rates.

Choice of countries and cost of services vary widely and advice from a competent service provider should be sought. In addition to costs there are other important considerations to take into account when planning a new corporate structure.
 

Author: Charles Barkley

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