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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.…
Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
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…
Running a limited company - including directors' responsibilities, company annual returns, reporting company changes and how to take money out of a limited company
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Find out about tax avoidance schemes used by owner managed companies to fund education fees.
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Find out what income you need to include in your tax credits claim or renewal.
Income Tax and National Insurance contributions must be deducted from any wages paid to company employees.
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 changes to restrictions in Enterprise Management Incentives (EMI) options agreements and working time declarations.
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