Family set-ups hit for £500m
Government to go ahead with plans to tackle 'income-splitting'
Government to go ahead with plans to tackle 'income-splitting'
Small family businesses are braced for a half a billion pound tax grab as the
government cracks down on Arctic Systems-like structures.
In a move that is likely to alienate tens of thousands of small businesses,
the government said it would go ahead with the plans to tackle
‘income-splitting’, but did not say exactly how.
The Arctic Systems battle has wound up HM Revenue & Customs, who fought
the case all the way to the House of Lords, despite it only concerning £6,000 of
tax. Having lost, the government now plans to introduce legislation.
‘I’m fearful of how it will end up,’ said Richard Mannion, national tax
director at Smith & Williamson. He said if taxing such businesses was easy,
the government would have done it years ago.
‘Where will the Treasury draw the line? It’s about the value of [a person’s]
contribution to the business, I don’t know how they will solve that [in
legislation],’ said Anne Redston, visiting professor at Kings College London.
The legislation is likely to create limits on the type of income family
members carrying out ‘back-office’ work can receive, said Bill Dodwell, head of
tax policy at Deloitte.
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