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Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
How you're taxed on dividend payments and how your income affects the amount of tax to pay
You may get a dividend payment if you own shares in a company. You can…
There were different rules for tax on dividends before 6 April 2016.…
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
Find out what to do if EU countries have deducted tax from interest, royalty and dividend payments made into the UK.
Find out how to account for VAT and who to contact if you're an insolvency practitioner and you're appointed over insolvent VAT-registered businesses.
Find out about tax avoidance schemes used by owner managed companies to fund education fees.
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