1.0Beyond Compliance: Technical & Advisory Insightshttps://www.taxpartnersuk.com/blogTax Partnershttps://www.taxpartnersuk.com/blog/author/tax_partner/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="3MljGk69EE"><a href="https://www.taxpartnersuk.com/blog/share-buyback-private-companies/">Share buyback – private companies</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.taxpartnersuk.com/blog/share-buyback-private-companies/embed/#?secret=3MljGk69EE" width="600" height="338" title="“Share buyback – private companies” — Beyond Compliance: Technical & Advisory Insights" data-secret="3MljGk69EE" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.taxpartnersuk.com/blog/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> Buying back its own shares is a very common way for a company to reduce capital. It helps situations where shareholders, who want to exit the company, struggle to find outside buyers for their shares. Carefully done, it could also result in some tax advantageous for the exiting shareholders whilst improving shareholder returns for the […]