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TAXING DEVELOPMENTS
Up until 5 April 1999, investors received dividends from stocks
and shares net of a tax credit of 20%. This 20% tax is paid by the
company declaring the dividend to the Inland Revenue as Advance
Corporation Tax.
Until the July 1997 Budget, all
those who did not pay tax, such as individuals with low incomes, pension
shemes and Pep investors, could reclaim this tax credit from the Inland
Revenue. The 1997 measures immediately ended the right of pension funds
to reclaim this tax, and in April 1999 non-tax payers were no longer
able to reclaim this credit either.
Furthermore, from
6 April 1999, the tax credit on dividends was reduced to 10% and Pep
and Isa investors are only allowed to reclaim this 10% tax credit, not
the previous level of 20%.
According to the author, the Inland Revenue