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That’s very true Bertram they are all plundered at will. That’s why hope everyone using all that is available from spouse to those they can trust to use their allowances to reduce how much you have to pay to the Gov/Taxman.
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Small trim - albeit no negative fallout for BT SP, as gilts having trimmed over last 6 months BT will remain a sound investment option.
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Possible Altice firesale holding sp down ?
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"tax on divis isn't very high" The trouble there is Gov already tax profits with corp tax. Now having a second bit of cherry with divi tax which will become high. Just like VAT. council tax, alcohol tax, car tax they will soon ramp it up then killing another successful industry- share ownership. The French would not put up with it. Why us Brits just roll over and take it beats me. Your earnings, savings, property, plundered at will by a voracious Gov tax machine.
Think they'll follow Voda and reduce
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"government has killed off any divi's now for PI's"...
Bit odd an extreme reaction imo... tax on divis isn't very high and is only paid when income is received anyway.
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Does anybody really care now about divi's, the government has killed off any divi's now for PI's with the stupid small £500 tax free allowance..
What's the point in share dealing !!!!!.
Bring back £6k-£10k tax free allowance .
Could everyone leave a comment stating if they think the dividend will cancelled, held or increased ?
Just a one word answer from everyone
If largest shareholder is relying on BT divi to pay crucial bonds, kinda indicates divi is safe.
I doubt he'll look at unloading his BT investment unless he absolutely has too, and if he borrowed the money via Altice UK he may have to give any cash proceeds back to the creditors if he sells. Altice UK will be ringfenced from his other businesses, and as long as BT pays dividends Altice UK will likely have the interest on the bonds covered. I'm not an accountant and I haven't investigated the financing behind Altice UK's investment into BT, so I'm just guessing like others on here.
That article seems like a lot of wishful thinking
Approx £48bln in debt, recently raised £1.3bln from sell offs…
Drahi might not have much choice
I’ve been a bit of a rate tart and tried various platforms when incentive offers have been on for switchers. I’ve opened an ISA with Trading 212 (already had a GIA opened in January) which is commission and platform fee free. Not seen a downside to it so far with the shares I wish to invest / trade. T212 currently have a cashback offer on too. Happy for anyone with more experience of T212 to flag downsides of which they are aware!
My friend had his shares in an isa with orca , who I’ve never heard of. He said they went out of business and his shares were forced into his normal trading/general investment account and then told to transfer to another provider.
If that’s true and possible, it makes the case for dealing with someone like Halifax , Barclays HL etc a better choice . The isa is for the long term, not to be kicked out of
Https://www.lovemoney.com/news/36713/cheapest-ways-to-sell-paper-share-certificates
DODL is simply a 0.15% management fee per annum with no other charges. I agree with Fleccy that it might not be an ideal charging structure if you've hundred of thousands of pounds invested (I wish) but when you consider that some of the most competitive managed funds charged 0.15% management fee (with often other charges on top of you've used a financial adviser) - I didn't think that the fees were too bad
I was paying a heck of a lot more when I held my ISA with Quilter spread across a portfolio of managed funds ...
DODL doesn't provide access to a full list of shares (only a subset of the most popular) but it's very easy to use via an app and the ability to buy and sell very small quantities of shares (eg: 1 x BT share every day if you want) then it's quite compelling....
It's definitely worth looking at ... Especially if you like buying and selling shares in small quantities on a very regular basis ....
They offer ISA, Pension and General Investment accounts and they also let you invested in a subset of managed funds as well as UK (and a subset of USA) shares ....
And before anyone asks .... I don't work for them ... But I have been a fan of them for some time!
Silly question but any one know where some one with old share certificates can sell BT shares without setting up some account and paying monthly charges etc?
Halifax charge £9.50 to buy £9.50 to sell. Trenners said no dealing costs with Dodl. If you buy and sell 40 times a yr halifax would cost £380 in dealing costs