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Capital Losses and Entrepreneurs Relief

If you have capital losses you can offset these against any gain that arises on the disposal of your shares in your company/business. In terms of Entrepreneurs Relief , based on the provisions released to date, you'll be offsetting the losses against…

UK tax on foreign dividends for holding company

UK holding companies have a number of benefits not least the fact that they don't appear on any OECD blacklists. One of the key benefits though is the treatment of dividends. Outgoing dividends are free of UK withholding tax. In terms of incoming…

Do expats pay capital gains tax on share trading profits?

The short answer to this is no. Strictly speaking no-one pays capital gains tax on share trading profits as this would be subject to income tax and not CGT. Non UK residents are however exempt from CGT in any case. If a non resident was trading in…

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