Ensuring that you are safeguarding your assets is vital for small businesses. You never know when something may go terribly wrong.
In small business, a key asset protection strategy is to set up an investment trust outside of your main trading trust.
This investment trust is what buys your investment property.
You need to do this because you cannot have it in your name as the director of the company who is running the business. This is far too risky in a litigious society.
Property investment is a big thing in Australia, especially with the growth of the property market. I even do it myself.
If you are in a growing small business, however, you need to take a different approach to property investment.
“Be determined, never give up!”
That’s RUBBISH.
The truth is that sometimes you need to say goodbye and give up.
We see this mistake far too often in small business! It’s a simple change to make and it could save you a lot of pain in the future.
When starting out in small business, you have to take 100 per cent responsibility for the income you’re going to generate. That means you need a defensive strategy in place for your income.
Not your flashy car or your mansion home… The money that you’re earning is your most important belonging. Have you got strong Income Protection Insurance?
We want nothing of any value in the fall guy’s name. Absolutely nothing! It’s not a perfect world. Bad things sometimes happen to good people. So if a business falls over the fall guy can go with it but hard earned assets built along the journey MUST be fully protected.
When starting out in small business, there’s a series of strategies that you need to put in place for asset protection.
Take heed because asset protection is the number one defensive strategy for business. In sport, like in business, it is defence that wins premierships and success.
When starting out in small business, there’s a series of strategies that you need to put in place for asset protection. Take heed because asset protection is the number one defensive strategy for business. In sport, like in business, it is defence that wins premierships and success.
KICS – Keep It Complex Stupid – If you have a growing small business you need to setup in a trading trust and make sure you are perfectly set for both asset protection and legitimate tax minimisation. To do this successfully you will need the right advice and although complex it will save you. So […]