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    Adding Spouse to the Company

    Does anyone know if there are any downsides to setting your other half up on your company in order to reduce tax liability?

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    Don't make them a signatory on your company bank account, I'm so glad I didn't when I later got divorced
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      #3
      Originally posted by nikos101 View Post
      Does anyone know if there are any downsides to setting your other half up on your company in order to reduce tax liability?
      Yes there are.

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        #4
        Are there people who don't do this?

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          #5
          Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
          Are there people who don't do this?
          Yes me
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            #6
            Making a change to your business to artificially lower your tax burden with no business requirement is aggressive tax avoidance... but many do though so fill your boots. Just make sure you do it right.

            And do a bit of bloody basic research before asking questions
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              #7
              Originally posted by BrilloPad View Post
              Are there people who don't do this?
              Depends what the OP means, really - my wife is a modest shareholder because, frankly, she took much as much risk as me in this endeavour and I wanted to make sure she got some direct rewards out of it.

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                #8
                Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                Making a change to your business to artificially lower your tax burden with no business requirement is aggressive tax avoidance... but many do though so fill your boots. Just make sure you do it right.
                WHS

                And do a bit of bloody basic research before asking questions
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                  Making a change to your business to artificially lower your tax burden with no business requirement is aggressive tax avoidance... but many do though so fill your boots. Just make sure you do it right.

                  And do a bit of bloody basic research before asking questions
                  No

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
                    Making a change to your business to artificially lower your tax burden with no business requirement is aggressive tax avoidance... but many do though so fill your boots. Just make sure you do it right.

                    And do a bit of bloody basic research before asking questions
                    It's not artifically lowering the tax burden as confirmed by https://www.ipse.co.uk/ipse-tax-vict...in-house-lords . Sharing the profits of a company with your spouse is perfectly acceptable as they share the risk of the enterprise.

                    Granted there is minimal real risk and many spouses will earn enough to make not worthwhile but its not artificial and definitely not aggressive (in fact it's little different from deciding in whose names the savings are in)..

                    There isn't many things I would argue with you on but this is one where we will just have to agree to disagree...
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