All businesses incur expenses even when they are not trading, and obviously the more expenses you have the less profit you make and the less tax you pay. Its not usually a good idea to incur more expenses just to save tax, but it does work out well when those expenses would have been incurred anyway, especially if they come out of your own pocket.
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