sandyh2001in
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I am an IT contractor and have a limited company setup.
Close company regulations talk about 15 percent surcharge after paying 12.5 percent corporation tax on undistributed income. Are IT contracting limited companies Close companies?
I have about 75 K in the company account at end of year from my contracting income after payment of salary and expenses to myself. What should I do with this? If I take it as salary, I pay about 47 percent tax on it (41 percent paye +prsi+income levy). If I retain it in the company , I pay Corporation tax at 12.5 percent and a surcharge of 15% on half the retained profit, . Also if I decide to take the profit as salary after payment of corporation tax later , I end up paying <>
Intention is to keep the money in the company but not very sure if the euro is going to last for long , so just massively confused right now.
Another advantage of company retaining money could be that I could use it to keep paying me even for months in future when Im out of a contract.
What do you guys do?
Close company regulations talk about 15 percent surcharge after paying 12.5 percent corporation tax on undistributed income. Are IT contracting limited companies Close companies?
I have about 75 K in the company account at end of year from my contracting income after payment of salary and expenses to myself. What should I do with this? If I take it as salary, I pay about 47 percent tax on it (41 percent paye +prsi+income levy). If I retain it in the company , I pay Corporation tax at 12.5 percent and a surcharge of 15% on half the retained profit, . Also if I decide to take the profit as salary after payment of corporation tax later , I end up paying <>
Intention is to keep the money in the company but not very sure if the euro is going to last for long , so just massively confused right now.
Another advantage of company retaining money could be that I could use it to keep paying me even for months in future when Im out of a contract.
What do you guys do?