Salary versus Dividends & Other Tax Efficient Profit Extraction Strategies 2025/26

Plain English guide with dozens of examples and tax planning tips.

Now in its 26th edition, Salary versus Dividends is essential reading for ALL company owners and directors.

It tells you how to choose the best mix of salary and dividends for YOU (the answer varies from person to person and from company to company).

The latest edition contains lots of new information about paying yourself a bigger salary instead of dividends - recent changes have made higher salaries more tax efficient in some cases.

The guide also contains fully updated information on the best alternative profit extraction techniques:

Directors loans - how they can be used to defer tax for an extra two years and sometimes to save tax. Pension contributions - Why company pension contributions are one of the most powerful tax planning strategies. Rental income - When rental income is better than salary or dividends. Interest income - How company owners can pay themselves up to GBP6,000 tax-free. Charity - Who should donate: you or the company? Capital Gains - How to pay less tax when you sell or wind up your company and how to pay 0% tax when you sell your company to an employee ownership trust.

There's also information on splitting income with your spouse and children and other tax saving strategies.