We work with our clients to ensure their business is structured in the most tax efficient manner and allows all available tax reliefs to be availed of by both the company and the shareholders. Ireland has an internationally competitive corporation tax rate of 12.5%. Ireland also has tax reliefs for holding company structures and tax incentives for research and development activities.
Should you incorporate your business or continue as a sole trader? Should your different businesses be held in one company, in separate companies, or within a corporate group? Should you buy shares in a new company directly or via a holding company? We can advise you on the most tax efficient structure given your current needs and future plans.
We can advise you on the tax efficient partition of businesses within your company, whether to facilitate the sale of part of your business or to achieve a more desirable group structure going forward. We can also advise you on the most tax efficient way in which you or your company can acquire the shares or business of another. Our tax specialists can also assist in the tax due diligence examination of any company you may be buying or selling.
Our corporate tax department can advise you on the most tax efficient manner in which to extract value from your company, both on an ongoing basis and when it comes to retirement and disposing of your shares in the company.