Entrepreneurs and Founders
Personal tax strategy for founders: remuneration, share schemes, reliefs and the path to exit.
For a founder, the business and your personal wealth move together. We plan remuneration, equity and reliefs across both: salary vs dividends, share schemes, and the exit reliefs that matter. Revised Entrepreneur Relief charges 10% CGT on qualifying gains up to a €1.5m lifetime limit (raised from €1m for disposals from January 2026), so timing and structure are worth real money.
What we handle
06 itemsRemuneration: salary and dividend mix planned
Share schemes: KEEP options designed and administered
Entrepreneur Relief: 10% CGT up to the €1.5m lifetime limit
Exit timing: capital gains planned around the sale
Alignment: personal and business tax pulled together
Wealth: investment and succession planning
What you should know
For a founder the business and your own finances are one system, and the tax works best when they’re planned together. How you pay yourself (salary versus dividends) affects both the company’s position and your personal bill, and a share scheme like KEEP lets you bring key people in on equity in a tax-efficient way rather than with cash you’d rather keep in the business.
The number that rewards planning most sits at exit. Revised Entrepreneur Relief charges 10% CGT on qualifying gains, and Budget 2026 raised the lifetime limit from €1 million to €1.5 million for disposals from January 2026, against a standard CGT rate of 33%. Getting the structure and the timing right ahead of a sale is worth real money, often more than a full year of trading profit.
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