{"id":182,"date":"2021-02-15T02:11:39","date_gmt":"2021-02-15T02:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/guide.no-worries.co.uk\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=182"},"modified":"2021-02-15T02:11:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-15T02:11:40","slug":"personal-use-of-company-funds","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/guide.no-worries.co.uk\/index.php\/knowledge-base\/personal-use-of-company-funds\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal Use of Company Funds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-theme-default-color has-text-color wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:22px\">This guide explains why it is a bad idea to use your company bank account for personal purchases and cash withdrawals<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"important\">IMPORTANT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you use your business bank account to pay for things such as your groceries, your bar tab, holidays overseas, or cash withdrawals, this expenditure is viewed as a taxable benefit for you, and the usual rates of PAYE and National Insurance will apply.<br>&nbsp;<br><strong>This means you lose the tax effectiveness of working through your own company for all funds that leave your business bank account in this way.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Points to remember:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Your company business bank account(s) belongs to your company, not you;<\/li><li>Payments leaving your business bank account <strong>SHOULD<\/strong> go to either; your own personal bank account, or; paying suppliers (like us for example) for services related 100% to your business, or; The HMRC PAYE \/ VAT \/ Corporation Tax offices for tax payments;&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>NEVER<\/strong> use your business account to pay for personal items \/ services;&nbsp;<\/li><li><strong>NEVER <\/strong>get cash from your business account (unless there is no other possible way for you to pay a business supplier)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p 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