For business owners, directors, and entrepreneurial families, tax planning is a strategic exercise — not merely compliance. The right strategy can protect family and business wealth, support shareholder transitions, optimise liquidity, incentives, and long-term value and minimise exposure across income tax, CGT, IHT and corporation tax.
At Qubic, we provide bespoke, commercially grounded tax planning aligned with ownership structures, shareholder objectives, incentive schemes, and succession priorities. Our approach is technical, structured, and adviser-friendly — integrating corporate and family interests to support long-term outcomes.
This includes planning for business sales, shareholder exits, liquidity events, and inter-family ownership transfers.
Strategic Tax Planning Goes Beyond Compliance
Helping business owners and entrepreneurial families protect value, optimise tax and plan for transactions, succession and long-term continuity.
Strategic Tax Planning Goes Beyond Compliance
Helping business owners and entrepreneurial families protect value, optimise tax and plan for transactions, succession and long-term continuity.
For business owners, directors & entrepreneurial families, tax planning is a strategic exercise — not merely compliance. The right strategy can protect family and business wealth, support shareholder transitions, optimise liquidity, incentives and long-term value and minimise exposure across income tax, CGT, IHT and corporation tax.
At Qubic, we provide bespoke, commercially grounded tax planning aligned with ownership structures, shareholder objectives, incentive schemes, and succession priorities. Our approach is technical, structured, and adviser-friendly — integrating corporate and family interests to support long-term outcomes.
This includes planning for business sales, shareholder exits, liquidity events and inter-family ownership transfers.
Planning for Transactions, Succession & Growth
Effective tax planning begins early — long before a sale, shareholder restructure, or inter-family transfer occurs.
We advise on:
Event Scenarios
Business exits & shareholder reorganisations (BADR and other statutory reliefs)
Succession & ownership transfer for family business groups
Liquidity events & funding transactions
Employee incentive schemes (EMI, EOT, etc.)
Pre-sale structuring to optimise value prior to exit
Shareholder changes, management buy-outs or buy-ins
Tax Mechanisms
Capital gains tax optimisation (CGT)
Business Relief & Agricultural Relief alignment (BPR/APR)
IHT integration for continuity
Trust & estate structures to protect assets
Income tax, corporation tax, shareholder tax considerations
Share schemes & incentive alignment (EMI, EOT, EBT, etc.)
Commercial Outcomes
Preserve value during change or transition
Retain and incentivise key talent
Support continuity for family shareholders
Facilitate negotiation & strategic decision-making
Improve tax efficiency of ownership and value extraction
Align incentives between founders, management and investors
Our approach is partner-led, discreet and commercially aware, supporting owners and advisers throughout periods of growth, change, or transition.
Qubic works closely with accountants, corporate lawyers, private client solicitors, wealth managers and financial advisers closely to ensure planning is compliant, efficient, and commercially aligned.
This ensures planning remains:
✓ compliant
✓ technically sound
✓ commercially aligned
✓ non-disruptive to existing adviser relationships
For clients with existing advisers, we act as a specialist technical ally — not a competitor.
Integrating Business Tax With Succession & Ownership
A Collaborative, Adviser-Friendly Approach
Integrating Business Tax With Succession & Ownership
Tax planning cannot be separated from succession, ownership and commercial realities. For entrepreneurial families and private business groups, strategic alignment is essential to achieving:
cross-generation continuity
shareholder alignment
family governance & control
liquidity & distributions
long-term family wealth planning
With over 16 years of experience advising private owners and entrepreneurial families, Qubic delivers tax planning that is technically robust, commercially grounded, and aligned with long-term family objectives.
A Collaborative, Adviser-Friendly Approach
Qubic works closely with accountants, corporate lawyers, private client solicitors, wealth managers and financial advisers closely to ensure planning is compliant, efficient, and commercially aligned.
This ensures planning remains:
✓ compliant
✓ technically sound
✓ commercially aligned
✓ non-disruptive to existing adviser relationships
For clients with existing advisers, we act as a specialist technical ally — not a competitor.