Every business owner has a real-life number. It is everything behind the scenes, that you are working towards in your real life, things like your next house, next big investment, or your pension pot. This real-life number can and should be linked with everything that the business is working towards. It is the key to achieving the life you really want, both now and in the future.
But many business owners can find themselves controlled by their business. They become wrapped up in running the business and unable to focus on improving their lifestyle.
You see, for many business owners there can become a disconnect between the work that is being done in the business and the impact it can have on their lives. But the only way to achieve your real life number, is by looking inside the business and getting serious. One of the ways you can do this is by understanding how tax advice and consultancy can help you achieve your real-life number tax efficiency.
This is where we come in.
To help you reap the rewards of you real-life number, we’ll work with you to:
Identify your real-life number
To start we’ll look at your current position and what your business can pay you right now. We’ll then look at what you need to achieve, to get you to the real life number that you want.
Impact of business performance
We’ll then review how your business performance is impacting your ability to achieve your real-life number.
Identify ways to make tax-efficiency savings
Using our expertise and knowledge, we will help identify tax saving opportunities, meaning you can take extra money out of the business for you and your family right now.
We’ll also make plans to take an extra sum out of the business during the next five to 10 years.
What information will we need to help you achieve your real life number?
If we’re to help you achieve your real-life number, we really to get know you. This means getting know things like…..
Family
Are you married? Do you have children; if so, how old are they? Are your parents still around; if so, how old are they? Who is bringing in income; what is their job and how much do they earn?
Big life investments
What big life investments do you have planned? For example, do you intend to buy a bigger house, new cars, holiday home etc. How much money will your planned investments cost?
Family investments
What do you want for your kids? Nothing? School funded? University funded? First home? What amounts do these come to?
Protection Investments
How are your protecting yourself now and into the future? Things like insurance policies such as Medical, Life, Critical Illness, Income Protection, Key Person Insurance, Death in Service Insurance and so on.
Pension Investments
What are your plans pension wise? Are you planning to use a company pension, standard pensions, SIPP or SSAS? Do you want to generate more in order to take out more and fund a pension? How much would you like to fund each year?
Lifetime Investments
Outside of pension investments do you have a set amount you want to create – a disposable income wise to invest each year? What is that amount?
Lifestyle expenditure
What is your lifestyle generally like? Are you spending all the money you extract via salaries and dividends from the company on life expenses?
It looks likes like a lot of information but if you’re serious about achieving your real-life number and taking more value out of your business, this is what it takes.
Value Extracting Tax Diagnostic Review
We have launched a tax diagnostic review service that will analyse your business and personal circumstances, to identify all the ways you can tax efficiently put things through the business, or take value out of the business, benefitting you, your family and even your employees.
Find out more about the Value Extracting Tax Diagnostic Review.
Do you know your real-life number?
If you want to get a better understanding of the tax position of your business, get your real-life number down, and get a plan in place, we can help you get you there.
Let us help build your future. Book a discovery call and start your journey with us today.
