🚨 Does Sending Profits to a Holding Company Eliminate Taxes? Not So Fast…
I think we’re missing some critical context here.
The video seems to suggest a simple formula:
→ Company A sends profits to Company B.
→ Company B buys appreciating assets.
→ 🪄 Poof — no taxes.
But if that’s the strategy…
❌ That’s not how the tax code works.
Let’s break this down.
✅ If Company B (the holding company) provides legitimate services to Company A — and Company A pays for those services — then yes, that payment can most likely be treated as a deductible business expense.
That would reduce Company A’s taxable income.
But here’s where it falls apart…
📉 When Company B uses that money to buy an appreciating asset — that’s not a deduction.
That’s a capital purchase — and capital purchases don’t reduce taxable income.
Now you might get some tax benefit later through depreciation…
But that depends on:
• What type of asset it is.
• How it’s used.
• Whether the income it p...