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The article discusses how SMEs can reduce the tax burden on dividend distributions by reserving profits in a liquidation reserve. It discusses the benefits of the asymmetric allocation of this reserve where there is a mixed shareholder profile, enabling different share classes to be created to optimise tax benefits. The Tax Ruling Committee has confirmed that this approach is not considered to be a form of tax abuse. With a timely amendment to the articles of association, companies with mixed shareholder profiles can make the most of the liquidation reserve.

Be careful if you gift the bare ownership of your company’s shares to your children but are still counting on the liquidation reserves you have formed