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Want to call it a day? Or to take things a bit easier after an illness or accident? Are you dreaming of taking a new direction and setting up a different business? If you decide to sell your business, it boils down to preparing thoroughly: from the administrative, employment legislation and mental viewpoint.

Actions and procedures when you close down your business

Have you set up a company? Then your operating profit is liable to corporation tax, and your salary as the person running the business or a manager is liable to income tax. Optimizing your pay means in the first instance that you will pay less in tax and social security contributions - a statutory right but which, nevertheless, is subject to certain restrictions.

The salary plays a critical role in the relationship between you and your employees. So it makes sense that you'd want to find ways to optimize it. A company vehicle offers an advantageous solution for both parties.

It isn't always compulsory for you to cover the costs of your employees' commute, but it is an interesting alternative form of remuneration. Does your employee come to work in his or her own car? Then you are not required to cover the cost of the journey!

Extralegal benefits: interesting from a tax and social security point of view There are many ways to optimize the salary package of your employees and increase their purchasing power, without losing a huge chunk of your budget. This is because certain extralegal benefits are advantageous from both a social security and tax perspective. Some examples

Compensating for your employees' travel expenses Do your employees make use of public transport to get to and from work? Then you are legally obligated to compensate them for their travel expenses.  

Planning to partially or fully cease your business activities? Do you foresee the dismissal of at least 75 percent of your employees? Then the restructuring is subject to specific rules. Company closure: in theory A company closure is carried out as follows:

The Central Businesses Databank (KBO-BCE) centralizes the basic identity details of businesses and provides them to the various relevant authorities. The data contained in the databank has to correspond to the reality, of course. 

Supplementing your statutory pension Concerned that your statutory pension won't be enough to guarantee a comfortable standard of living after your self-employed career? There's a solution! Accrue a supplementary pension (VAPZ) with contributions to your social security insurance fund.