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Register to vote Register by 18 June to vote in the General Election on 4 July.
Check a list of gilt-edged stocks and bonds charged on the National Loans Fund.
How and when you'll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty when you buy shares electronically or using a stock transfer form
When you buy shares, you usually pay a tax or duty of 0.5% on the…
You’ll pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) if you buy shares electronically…
You must pay Stamp Duty on your shares if: you buy shares through a stock…
You pay Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) or Stamp Duty at 1.5% if you…
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
Your employer may offer you company shares as a reward for working for…
This gives you the option to regularly save and buy shares. If you get…
This is a savings-related share scheme where you can buy shares with your…
This gives you the option to buy up to £60,000 worth of shares from 6…
A company can offer you Enterprise Management Incentives (EMIs) if it has…
To be an employee shareholder, you must own shares in your employer’s…
You can transfer up to £20,000 of employee shares into a stocks and shares…
The ‘gain’ is the profit you make when you sell shares that have increased…
Find out which stocks and shares you can purchase, make or hold in an investor's stocks and shares ISA.
This article studies trading behavior and performance of foreign investors by level of active management
Investors and businesses may be legally required to tell the government about certain sensitive acquisitions under the National Security and Investment Act.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
Find out how to value stocks and shares of someone who has died. How you value them depends on whether they are 'listed' or 'unlisted'.
Find out what is meant by a 'recognised stock exchange' and the legislation that applies.
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money and how to submit a compliance statement.
How to make a negligible value claim for unquoted shares, and how to check if shares previously quoted on the London Stock Exchange now have negligible value.
Find out how to complete a stock transfer form and get it processed.
Use the IHT411 with the IHT400 to give details of any shares or stock the deceased owned.
Like other forms of property, you can buy, sell and license IP, it is important you understand the value your trade mark, patent or design.
Find out the rules on investments using open market price rules and how you can charge for your services as an ISA manager.
Buy your rented home through the Right to Shared Ownership scheme: who can apply, how to apply, costs, paying rent, buying more shares, repairing and selling your home.
If you’re travelling abroad, it's important to take out appropriate travel insurance before you go.
Agree the value of shares if you operate Enterprise Management Incentives or a Share Incentive Plan, or if you have Company Share Option Plans or Save As You Earn share schemes.
When you have to pay Income Tax, Capital Gains Tax, Stamp Duty or Inheritance Tax on money, shares or property you inherit
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