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Guide to tax on withdrawals from a close company

12 May 2020 / Nicole Neville
Issue: 4743 / Categories: Comment & Analysis
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Nuts and bolts

Key points

  • If withdrawals from company are not treated as salary or dividends they could be a loan.
  • Liability under CTA 2010 s 455 is payable nine months and one day after the company year end.
  • The tax liability calculated at 32.5% of the loan is payable on the normal corporation tax payment date.
  • Anti-avoidance legislation will catch repayments and replacement borrowing.
  • A loan write-off is treated as employment earnings for National Insurance purposes.
  • Benefits in kind provided to a shareholder who is not an employee would be treated as a dividend.

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