SSASs and developing property: Everything advisers need to know

Property development within a SSAS ‘huge benefit for SME business owners’

Jenna Brown
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Caitlin Southall explores property development within a SSAS, something she says is of huge benefit to SME business owners…

Small self-administered schemes (SSAS) are known for their flexibility and wide range of investment options. One of these options is commercial property, which is a popular investment choice. The ability for company directors to acquire their own business premises into a SSAS is an attractive proposition. The rental income received under a lease back to the company is received into the SSAS, tax-free. There is also no capital gains tax payable when the property is sold, so the entirety of any sales proceeds, less your usual costs and expenditure, is received back into the SSAS, again ...

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