Small company dividends will be taxed at 19 per cent.
He announced that he will retain the zero per cent tax band for the first £10,000 of profits. His aim is ‘to encourage investment in the business while ensuring that businesses do not avoid tax by taking income as dividends rather than salary.’
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Budget Flash (1): IR591 = 19% dividend tax
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Susie Hughes - 13:11 17/03/04
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Dates?
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helqasem - 13:23 17/03/04
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WEB REF / Details
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VXJK - 13:55 17/03/04
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Dates an some others from IR site
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Gnashmills - 14:01 17/03/04
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Discrimination & a sexist tax policy?
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reclspeak - 14:52 17/03/04
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Not sexist
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alanp - 15:39 17/03/04
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No, no. no...
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mattgb - 15:54 17/03/04
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enjoying your ex-spouse
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hartashford - 16:16 17/03/04
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Married status
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reclspeak - 16:25 17/03/04
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"Tax Loophole" closed
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Morton3575 - 14:01 17/03/04
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A loophole he created
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nigelblt - 18:41 17/03/04
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FSB: Enterprise concession
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VXJK - 20:02 17/03/04
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BBC Breakfast TV
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andyr2 - 16:54 18/03/04
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from 1/4/04
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yarwell - 14:44 17/03/04
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New profit, or retained profit
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alanp - 14:47 17/03/04
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More retained profits questions
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Spence - 15:51 17/03/04
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retained profit no tax??
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gps - 16:45 17/03/04
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wishful thinking
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silicondale - 17:04 17/03/04
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yes, but...
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scamfree - 17:28 17/03/04
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sure, but
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silicondale - 17:45 17/03/04
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Is Tax credit limited to 10%
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davidallen - 17:31 17/03/04
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currently the divi is not taxed
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yarwell - 20:06 17/03/04
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Accounting terms aside...
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murrayie - 20:24 17/03/04
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What does this ACTUALLY mean
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ferretktf - 15:56 17/03/04
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Taxation of small companies-the actual changes
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wdr - 17:21 17/03/04
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interesting ...
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silicondale - 17:52 17/03/04
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it isn't that simple
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wdr - 19:08 17/03/04
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minor correction
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wdr - 19:27 17/03/04
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I'm sure they'll have a rule for that
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silicondale - 08:37 18/03/04
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Jointly owned shares by maried couple hit
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gps - 16:11 17/03/04
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Over 50K profit - no extra tax!
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gps - 16:21 17/03/04
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Over 50K profit - no extra tax!
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abyford - 18:21 17/03/04
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So if you have a bad year...
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nigelblt - 18:43 17/03/04
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Going back in time
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wlsolutions - 09:22 18/03/04
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Careful this is not the IR591 solution
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concussed - 16:53 17/03/04
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5.95
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silicondale - 17:12 17/03/04
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...I think you may be right
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andyr2 - 09:33 18/03/04
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New shorter tax return
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mseddon - 20:11 17/03/04
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New shorter tax return pt II
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wlsolutions - 09:05 18/03/04
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In Simple Terms?
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lclarke - 17:06 17/03/04
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yes
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silicondale - 17:47 17/03/04
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In simple terms, yes
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koru - 17:57 17/03/04
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In simple terms, yes ...
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Taliesin - 12:11 18/03/04
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right and wrong
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koru - 13:28 18/03/04
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right and wrong
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Taliesin - 15:13 18/03/04
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No, I don't work for the IR
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koru - 15:57 18/03/04
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No, I don't work for the IR
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Taliesin - 17:15 18/03/04
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Dunno
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koru - 21:30 18/03/04
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Re: right and wrong
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Simpson_Neil - 17:23 18/03/04
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That's right
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koru - 21:27 18/03/04
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Re: That's right
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Simpson_Neil - 21:42 18/03/04
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Reduce the impact
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pdof1 - 01:24 18/03/04
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Re: Reduce the impact
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Simpson_Neil - 07:23 18/03/04
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Reducing the impact
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pdof1 - 17:00 18/03/04
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Looking at it another way
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JohnBell - 20:07 18/03/04
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Alternative Pension
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pdof1 - 00:45 19/03/04
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