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3 Tax Strategies for SME’s and Startups

June 3, 2016 By Ahmad Raza 16 Comments

There are very few business people that spend their days thinking up ways to pay more in taxes to their government. In fact, the majority spend significant time every year seeking out accountants and tax professionals to help them minimize their tax obligations.

3 Tax Strategies for SME’s and Startups

This is an understandable pursuit, as every dollar, pound or rupee that heads to the government represents resources that could be used to outperform the competition.

If your business is looking for ways to minimize your personal and corporate tax burden, here are some strategies to consider:

Table of Contents

  • Have Children? Consider Funding Their Education
  • Structure Corporate Office Purchases and Leasing to Maximize Tax Savings
  • Business Formations and Structure
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Have Children? Consider Funding Their Education

Your highest paid employees will be impacted by heavy taxes from the government. Unfortunately, the price of success is high taxes. While your executives may have a target on their back when it comes to paying taxes, there are legal strategies available to help them preserve more capital for providing a quality education to their children.

There are very few countries that fail to provide education-related tax concessions. Whether it’s the “…tax benefit under section 80E of IT Act…” (Credit Sudhaar) for student loans in India, or the establishment of a Coverdell ESA in the United States to eliminate taxes on education savings, there are a ton of opportunities to cut your effective tax-rate by investing in education.

Structure Corporate Office Purchases and Leasing to Maximize Tax Savings

For the business itself, tax liability can be better managed by considering the various tax benefits provided by securing office space to work and innovate. For example, while it might be tempting to go out and purchase an office or even a building to conduct business, according to Savoy Stewart, “…renting office space can often be claimed as a business expense and hence entirely deducted from your taxes [in the UK].”

Of course, purchasing office space can also serve to help minimize tax expenses. The business expenses required to maintain an owned building can provide some tax relief, although the annual property taxes could wipe out those benefits.

For those entrepreneurs working from home, there are also some great tax breaks for that “home office”.

  • In the United States, the IRS allows work-from-home entrepreneurs to deduct the portion of their living expenses associated with work activity.
  • To calculate the deduction, measure the space utilized exclusively for work activity and calculate the percentage of space that represents in your home. That percentage is the percentage of living expenses that can be deducted on your tax return.
  • Use your vehicle for work-related travel? Don’t forget to log your work-related miles and deduct that transportation expense from your tax return.
  • Hold onto the receipts for office supplies and use them as itemized deductions on your tax return.

Business Formations and Structure

The structure that your business takes will have a massive impact on the tax liability of both the business and its principals. Different corporate formations will require all profits to be disbursed to the partners before taxes are calculated, while other Articles of Incorporation can be filed to provide a taxable framework for keeping profits within the business entity. Consulting a competent tax attorney in your region is highly recommended.

You should approach the conversation with your tax advisor and/or attorney with the objective of minimizing total tax liabilities. For example, formation of an S-Corp in the United States eliminates the potential for double-taxation. Where a C-Corp will have revenue, profit and loss taxed at a corporate level, income from an S-corp only hits profits when funds are passed through to the proprietor of the business.

The only limitation on an entrepreneur that’s focused on legally reducing his or her tax burden is the depth of their knowledge. This is why hiring experts is so critical. Whether it’s leveraging company-owned property, or altering the Articles of Incorporation, there are virtually thousands of decisions your startup makes that will directly impact the tax burden of the organization and its Founders. Don’t make the mistake of being stuck with a bigger tax bill than absolutely necessary.

Consider how your business is structured. Self-employed entrepreneurs working on a shoe-string budget must take the time to look at their workspace and identify deductions. Keep the receipts for everything and consider spending the money on qualified expertise to maximize tax savings and keep more money in your pocket.

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  1. Tracy says

    January 22, 2020 at 3:48 am

    Hiring professionals to prepare your taxes on your business or properties is really helpful when you don’t have the knowledge to do it yourself.
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  2. Neil Dimapilis says

    August 15, 2018 at 9:15 pm

    Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to share this valuable information with us! been doing freelance graphics since october of 2017 and want to start up a mini design firm soon
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  3. Andrews says

    November 27, 2017 at 12:02 pm

    Thanks for sharing this information. I know how easy it has become purchasing office space , minimum tax expenses. Keep sharing information

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  4. Jincy Thomas says

    July 21, 2017 at 7:53 am

    Absolutely these are fantastic tax strategies for reducing corporate tax burden. Already I suggest couple of people one of those tax strategies and certainly that’s working very well. I really appreciate when I see someone share this type of valuable post.

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  5. Ahmed says

    June 1, 2017 at 5:03 am

    having children can be difficult or if a specific country Now I can manage my taxes with the help of your post
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    June 1, 2017 at 4:58 am

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  7. Pamila J. Wheeler says

    March 23, 2017 at 5:30 am

    Hey buddy,
    Nice Post … !

    I know how easy it has become purchasing office space , minimum tax expenses. As far as tax is concern a financial adviser or an accountant can help identify the areas of tax wastage and advice on ways to become more tax efficient.
    Thank you for sharing your experience it was really helpful .Keep Sharing !

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  8. Nauman says

    November 14, 2016 at 9:47 am

    Are these 3 tax strategies are going to work for JB, Mark Zuckerberg etc. 😛
    Because i am sure that they have to pay a lot of tax.

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    • Gail Gardner says

      November 14, 2016 at 1:59 pm

      Hi Nauman,

      Actually, the wealthy have so many loopholes that they often pay little to no tax. Corporations are even worse. Sometimes they pay NO tax at all.
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  9. Mark says

    August 12, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    Thank you for sharing some very practical advice Ahmad!

    Strategic tax reduction strategies, unfortunately, is one o those subjects, far too
    many aspirin entrepreneurs, only think about, a week or two before their
    taxes actually come do!

    And even then, they find themselves scrambling, instead of being prepared, by having a reliable
    plan of action already in place.Thanks for providing some extremely practical solutions!
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  10. Keziah says

    June 19, 2016 at 8:57 am

    Thanks lot and for sharing with us; there are legal strategies available to help them preserve more capital for providing a quality education to their children.

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  11. Keziah says

    June 19, 2016 at 8:47 am

    Thank you very much for this article. I like how easy it is to manage business expenses these days. Sometimes learning new ways to do things makes everything easier. I agree, renting office space IS inDEED a business related expense. In the meantime, connect with me on Twitter.

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  12. Forest says

    June 18, 2016 at 11:48 am

    Hi, AhmadYour information is beautifulI like that it is so natural to oversee costs of doing business now a days. Here and there adapting better approaches to do things makes every thing less demanding. I concur, leasing office space IS indeed a business related costs. Meanwhile. impress your site thanks for accept my request .

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  13. Brennan says

    June 12, 2016 at 5:33 am

    Thanks for the information. I like how easy it is to manage business expenses these days. Sometimes learning new ways to do things makes everything easier. I agree, renting office space IS inDEED a business related expense. In the meantime, connect with me on Twitter. My goal, is to help encourage people to do what they don’t want to do, FOR EXAMPLE; TAXES!

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  14. chiranjit says

    June 4, 2016 at 11:22 am

    Thank you, Mr. Ahmad Raza, for sharing this great post. Now I can manage my taxes with the help of your post. Before I was quite disappointed about Taxes. But at present all issues of taxes is gone. thank you very much again for sharing your precious acknowledgement.

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  15. Louis Lh. says

    June 3, 2016 at 10:53 pm

    Amazing with these strategies and, having children can be difficult or if a specific country has their own funding to support.
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