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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 which stocks and shares you can purchase, make or hold in an investor's stocks and shares ISA.
Guidance for local authorities compiling annual information on dwelling stock data (including vacants and net supply of housing), including the Housing Flows Reconciliation (HFR) forms and guidance.
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
Find out about clearance applications and how to apply to HMRC for advance confirmation of an exempt distribution when a company purchases its own shares.
Find out what is meant by a 'recognised stock exchange' and the legislation that applies.
Check a list of gilt-edged stocks and bonds charged on the National Loans Fund.
How to apply for certification, the register of growers and fees for crop and tuber inspections under the Seed Potato Classification Scheme (SPCS).
Find out how the scheme works, including issuing shares and raising money, and how to submit your compliance statement.
Find out the rules on investments using open market price rules and how you can charge for your services as an ISA manager.
Find out how to complete a stock transfer form and get it processed.
What to do if a transfer of shares is exempt from Stamp Duty and how you can claim a relief.
Calculate the cost of your shares in a company that's been taken over or has reorganised shares.
Information about how to register your homeopathic medicinal product through the Simplified Homeopathic Registration Scheme or the UK Homeopathic National Rules Scheme
Tax advantages on employee share schemes including Share Incentive Plans, Save As You Earn, Company Share Option Plans and Enterprise Management Incentives
How to assess household and non-household packaging from 2024 onwards if you’re a UK organisation affected by extended producer responsibility (EPR) for packaging.
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