CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
This conference will be broadcast live on Monday, 19 October 2026 from 15.00 - 18:15 BST.
15:00 - 15.05
Welcome
Rebecca Benneyworth, Rebecca Benneyworth & Co
15.05 - 15.55
Current practical issues for the tax adviser to small businesses | Rebecca Benneyworth
- Making Tax Digital:
HMRC triggered migration – how does it work and what should the adviser do? Managing client payments as they migrate; Finalisation products – the emerging picture. - Agent registration – how is it going? What do we have to do next?
- Preparing for mandatory payrolling of benefits – steps to take
- Mutli factor authentication and the issues it has triggered
15.55 - 16.05
Comfort Break
16.05 - 16.55
Exit and succession planning for owner-managers in 2026 and beyond | Peter Rayney, Peter Rayney Tax Consulting
- Main exit and succession planning strategies
- Passing shares to the next generation
- Using trusts for asset protection and saving IHT
- Exit via a company purchase of own shares
16.55 - 17.05
Comfort Break
17.05 - 18.00
Tax efficient profit extraction for private company owners in 2026/27 and the future | Carl Bayley
- Salary versus Dividends: Where are we now?
- The alternatives: rent, interest, paying family, pension contributions
- The looming cashflow crisis: can it be avoided?
- Special cases: Scottish taxpayers, older and younger directors
18.00 - 18.15
Q&A Session
Rebecca Benneyworth, Peter Rayney and Carl Bayley
18.15
Close of conference