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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…
You must tell HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) every year you receive…
Dividends are payments made to shareholders from company profits after Corporation Tax.
Find out how tax on dividend income and interest from savings is worked out by HMRC.
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 on dividend income, selling or disposing of shares and ways you can report your dividends and capital gains.
This tax information and impact note is about the abolition of the notional tax credit received by non-UK residents for dividends from UK companies.
This tax information and impact note is about the reduction of the dividend allowance.
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