Small Businesses - Advice for saving for both Personal and Corporation Tax
goonieKing
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Hi everyone,
I recently set up a small business, and I need to set aside money each month so that when I'm due to pay tax, I can use these funds.
Please could you advise on a Savings account that would be best suited for this?
I'll likely be transferring £300-400 into this Savings account each month, and then withdrawing to pay tax when it is due.
As I'll need to save like this each year going forward, is it best to keep switching accounts for better interest rates, or just to settle with one?
The Marcus by Goldman Sachs savings account sounds suitable, but there are so many others.
Would really appreciate your advice.
All the best,
I recently set up a small business, and I need to set aside money each month so that when I'm due to pay tax, I can use these funds.
Please could you advise on a Savings account that would be best suited for this?
I'll likely be transferring £300-400 into this Savings account each month, and then withdrawing to pay tax when it is due.
As I'll need to save like this each year going forward, is it best to keep switching accounts for better interest rates, or just to settle with one?
The Marcus by Goldman Sachs savings account sounds suitable, but there are so many others.
Would really appreciate your advice.
All the best,
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Are you a limited company with a business bank account, or self employed using a regular account?
I use Aldermore for business and started using Marcus for personal0 -
I'd suggest keeping your personal and company finances entirely separate, and only using business accounts for the latter.
So, for personal tax, you could indeed use a personal Marcus account to put aside the relevant chunk of income once taken out of the company, although a regular saver account might pay better if you want to do this every month.
However, for corporation tax, this is company money that should be retained in the company's name in a business account.0 -
You really need to keep the two pots seperate. Remember that the company money you set aside for Corporation tax is NOT yours, its a COMPANY asset!
Rob0 -
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Also the OP didn't say they had a limited company, although the post does say corporation tax in the heading.
You can do some interesting stuff with director loans and personal savings accounts but its too much messing around for my liking0 -
I recently set up a small business, and I need to set aside money each month so that when I'm due to pay tax, I can use these funds.
Is this for your personal tax provison? If so, then a normal savings account is fine.
If it is for your corporation tax bill, then a company savings account.
Whilst there is no legal requirement for a limited company to have its own bank account, it is daft not to. If you mix and match your personal banking with your limited company banking then your accountant is going to charge you more and you leave yourself open to difficulty in an HMRC review.I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.0 -
Whilst there is no legal requirement for a limited company to have its own bank account, it is daft not to. If you mix and match your personal banking with your limited company banking then your accountant is going to charge you more and you leave yourself open to difficulty in an HMRC review.0
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You'll need a company current account. For a company savings account we've wondered about this.
https://ccbank.co.uk/savings/95-day-notice-account-cambridge-counties-bank/
It's a pity that the minimum is so high.Free the dunston one next time too.0 -
If you are an ltd and don't keep company funds separate, your accountant will likely class it as a Director's Loan and there are tax implications for not paying that back within timelines. You may also open yourself up as a target for HMRC investigation0
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Virgin money also have some decent business savings accounts. It’s worth shopping around.
If you need access to the cash for paying tax, check the notice period on the account - you don’t want to find out the day before the deadline that you can’t withdraw the money.0
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