MVLs

HMRC has announced that a new more ‘enhanced’ version of the official ‘check employment status for tax’ (CEST) tool will be released before the end of 2019. The tool will help employers to categorise their contractors for tax purposes when the new private sector IR35 reforms come into effect next year. The announcement that came…

Yes, you can use the Members’ Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) process if your solvent company has more than two shareholders. And with Clarke Bell, you will still be eligible for our ‘£995 MVL service’ (unless there is a very large number of shareholders in your company). Each year about 10,000 companies go through the MVL process…

What is an MVL? An MVL stands for a Members’ Voluntary Liquidation and can be one of the most tax-efficient ways to close down a solvent company. An insolvency practitioner must be used if you want to close your company via an MVL and the assets of the company are usually distributed after 35 days…

Many contractors are still confused as to how exactly the IR35 tax changes for the private sector will impact their income and their business. The new changes are due to come into effect in April 2020, but recently UK pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has become the centre of a tax crackdown on so-called “disguised employment”. …

A Members’ Voluntary Liquidation (MVL) is a very tax efficient way to close your solvent company. This typical situation for an MVL is when a company is no longer needed because the directors are retiring or taking up an employee role. At that point, they will be looking for the best way to take the…