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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.
Find out what to do if EU countries have deducted tax from interest, royalty and dividend payments made into the UK.
Find out about tax avoidance schemes used by owner managed companies to fund education fees.
This measure reduces the tax-free allowance for dividend income from £5,000 to £2,000.
From 6 April 2016 the Dividend Tax Credit will be replaced by a new Dividend Allowance in the form of a 0% tax rate on the first £5,000 of dividend income per year.
Approach used to estimate the impact of DIT-supported export wins on the UK economy.
This tax information and impact note is about the reduction of the dividend allowance.
This tax information and impact note sets out the increased rates of Income Tax applicable to dividend income.
Find out about the new tax-free Dividend Allowance.
CAU 109: requisition for dividend cheques payable to individual creditors.
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