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Protecting your business

Protecting your business What do you protect? ü Property ü Liability ü Vehicles ? Profits ? Ownership Today we will look at why and how you should protect the profits and ownership of your company

Think about the following as we go through this presentation, • Your current profit levels • Your home/work balance Home Work • How the situations we discuss could change this balance • How these changes would affect your lifestyle and financial security

Meet Richard • Richard is the top sales person in the company • He is responsible for bringing in 50% of the company’s revenue • He holds valuable relationships with all of the company’s customers

What would be the impact of Richard dying? • Profits drop as not so many sales are made • Relationships with key customers suffer and they start looking elsewhere to buy • Richard’s replacement’s salary is higher as they had to be brought in at short notice • Recovery is slow while Richard’s replacement gets up to speed • The bank stops the overdraft facility because profits are falling • Management team has to spend more time in the business

What if a key person in your business died? • How many Richards do you have in your business? • Who could you really not do without? • If they were not at work, how would your business suffer? • What would happen to the balance in your life? Home Work

The solution The Company takes life cover out on Richard … and pays for it When Richard died, the profits dropped Life cover paid out on Richard’s death and replaced the lost profit Profit £

Meet the board • Sue, Bill and Jo own an IT consultancy company • Each has invested significant time and money in the business and the value of their share in it is continuing to grow • If one of them were to die, the others could carry on, although at a reduced turnover • Their spouses/partners have no interest in the business and no skills to contribute to the business

What was the impact when Sue died? • Sue’s partner wanted to sell Sue’s share of the business – and as neither Bill or Jo could afford to buy them out, their share could offered to a third party (if one could be found). • Sue’s partner started attending board meetings and was pushing for higher dividends to be paid out to increase his income • At the same time as dealing with Sue’s partner, Bill and Jo had to put more time into the business to cover the work Sue would have done • Plus, many of the same issues we saw with Richard

What if you or one of your co-business owners died? • How many of your co-owners’ partners would need money rather than the share of the business? • Could you afford to buy their share of the business? • Would your co-owners’ partners want to be part of the business? Do you want them to be? • What would happen to the balance in your, or your partner’s, life? Home Work

The solution SUE DIES SHARES SUE’S PARTNER LIFE COVER ON SUE IN TRUST TO BILL & JO LIFE COVER PAID TO TRUSTEES SUE’S PARTNER ASKS BILL & JO TO BUY SUE’S SHARE OR BILL & JO ASK SUE’S PARTNER TO SELL THROUGH A SUITABLE AGREEMENT TRUSTEES PAY CASH TO BILL & JO BUY SUE’S SHARE

Why is it needed? - Likelihood of partner / director dying before 65 - Average of partner / director Number of partners / directors Source: based on Office of National Statistics Interim Life Tables for UK Males between 2007 and 2009 as at June 2011

Meet the family man • Ali works for LBD Ltd, a small, successful company, and is a high earner. • Over the years he has built up a substantial pension fund. • He wants death in service benefit through the company and is worried about the benefits forming part of his lifetime allowance.

The solution The Company takes life • Must be an employee, including directors. cover out on Ali, pays for it and places it under a Relevant Life Policy Trust • The business can be a limited company, a partnership, a charity or a sole trader. • Cannot be used for sole traders or equity partners who are taxed under schedule D to provide cover for themselves. Life cover paid out on Ali’s death and paid to his family • 'Salaried' partners who earn PAYE can be covered.

The savings Ali Ramat a shareholding director currently pays £ 200 a month for his life assurance. Cost to Ali as a Director paying personally Monthly premium = £ 200. 00 Pre-tax Income to fund £ 200 at Income Tax rate of 40%* and National Insurance at 2%* = £ 344. 83 Cost with employers National Insurance Contributions at 13. 8% on this salary = £ 392. 41 Gross Salary and National Insurance are allowable deductions against Corporation Tax at 20%* Total monthly cost to Ali and LBD Ltd Company = £ 313. 93

The savings LBD Ltd pays premiums through a relevant life plan Monthly premium = £ 200. 00 No employee Income Tax or National Insurance No employer National Insurance Relevant life policy is an allowable deduction against corporation tax at 20%* Total Cost to LBD Ltd Company = £ 160. 00 Cost to Ali and LBD Ltd company paying personally Cost to LBD Ltd Company paying through RLPT = £ 313. 93 = £ 160. 00 Saving = £ 153. 93 or 49%

Do you want to do something about it? • Please feel free to talk to me after the session • I will call you to discuss your specific requirements over the next few days This presentation is based on [your firm name] interpretation of the law and HM Revenue & Customs practice as at [5 th November 2013]. While this interpretation is believed to be correct, [your firm name] can give no guarantee in this respect.