Family investment company (FIC)

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What is a family investment company (FIC)?

An FIC can apply to many different types of company structures used for different purposes although originally they began as estate planning vehicles. This guidance note summarises how an FIC can be a useful structure for a family business and provides links to additional sources of information. The structuring of FICs is a complex area with a lot of options on how to hold the shares, etc, therefore if an FIC structure is implemented, advice should be taken from relevant legal and tax experts.

Essentially, an FIC is simply a company that has been established with the specific purpose of meeting the needs of, usually, a single family. An FIC allows the founders of the business to retain some involvement in the company and possibly a managed income stream but also pass the investments down to their children or grandchildren. They may be favoured above trusts because they are a more familiar structure but the option of using trusts should also be considered,

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Craig Simpson

Tax Partner and Owner at Bates Weston Tax LLP , Corporate Tax, OMB, IHT Trusts and Estates

Craig Simpson is a Tax Partner and owner of Bates Weston Tax LLP and Bates Weston Tax Advisory Limited. He specialises in providing tax advice to privately owned companies and high net worth families. Craig set up his own advisory practice back in 2016 having held a number of senior positions in the national accountancy firms, seeing a gap in the market for a high quality, service focused advisory business. Advising across the range of tax matters relevant to the owner managed business. Craig particularly enjoys advising on complex reorganisations and reconstructions and developed a specialism in this area. Craig regularly writes in the tax press and presents to fellow professionals and clients. Craig is also the author of Tolley’s Tax Planning for OMBs and consultant editor for the OMB module on TolleyGuidance.

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