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- December 8, 2020 at 5:32 pm #598506
The following is the question:(10 marks)
Daniel is thinking of running a business either as a sole trader or via a limited company.
For either purposes, he will make a tax adjusted trading profit of 140000 (before deducting directors remuneration).If he runs his business via a limited company, he will withdraw net of tax profit (after deducting corporation tax of 63000). He will take gross director’s remuneration of 8000 and 106000 in the form of dividends.
Calculate Daniel’s income tax liability and NICs if he were to be a sole trader or choose to trade via a limited company and explain which alternative would be more beneficial.
Doubt: The following is my answer. Please verify if my method is right!
If Daniel was a sole trader,
trading income 140000
personal allowance 0
taxable income 14000037500*20%= 7500
102500*40%=41000
IT liability 48500NICs
class 2 (3*52)=156
class 4 (41367*9%)=3723
(90000*2%)=1800
total class 4=5523If Daniel ran his business through a limited co.
non savings dividends
trading income 140000 106000
remuneration 8000
PA 0
taxable income 148000 10600037500*20% 7500
(148000-37500)*40%= 44200
2000*0 0
104000*38.1% 3962
IT liability 55662NICs
same as above
employees and employers NIC are 0 as less than 8633clearly, being a sole trader is not beneficial because net disposable income is 140000-48500
= 91500
if through limited co, net disposable income is 148000+106000-55662-48500=149838December 9, 2020 at 12:56 pm #598810Hi Jovita – the exam is over and you cannot change what you have written so you need to put this behind you – in terms of the approach to this style of question I hope you have studied your OT Study Notes – Chapter 26
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