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Seriously
If you are in a position that you might be adversely affected by Dividend income tax or Capital Gains Tax then you really should be taking some professional assistance to mitigate your personal tax positions. You surely must be able to afford it. There are so many scenarios with this share that it should be worth it. On the chance that there is a re-rate in the share price before COP Thursday and you might be subject to CGT then it would definitely be worth looking into whether you have any CGT allowance available for the current tax year.
Casper
I am sure Tilly & JT will have more information but you have to remember that the transactions are all tagged by an algorithm in relation to the median price. This can give misleading information when it appears like today that the "published" spread is actually much wider than reality. If you look closely at the individual "Sells" and identify something that you can almost guarantee to be a "Buy" such as 7 shares = £1.92 then you can get a better idea of the actual prices and use this information to ascertain which are actually buys. You can also look at the value and see if it appears to be a round sum less charges and that sort of thing.
Casper
Tigra,
Is Friday 2nd April not a bank holiday in the UK also?
The worry would be that the RNS was released at 7.00am on Tuesday 6th April before anyone could put funds into their ISA for the new tax year.
I hope, however, that the RNS will be released by 31st March.
Casper
Casaeurasia,
I don't believe that EUA will be sitting back on their laurels waiting for the deal to be concluded. At this time of the FSP I would imagine that ongoing negotiations will also include the forthcoming mining season and what any prospective purchaser would expect upon completion. Even if the deal was announced tomorrow for instance, it's not going to complete the same day. Deals like these can take weeks or months to complete. In the meantime EUA will be going on their daily business as usual. AIMO
Casper
There was something going on yesterday all with exactly the same time stamp. At 10.12am yesterday the Bid was 28.11 so this could have been a sell. Travis also looked into it and thought that it was a short closing. All underhand whatever it was.
Casper
Sharpeye, I disagree with your interpretation of this transaction. Between 10.08am and 10.21am the Bid price was 28.11p so I would assume that it was a Sell. I don't have the Ask price for comparison.
Casper
I have slowly been moving from share account to ISA. All new share purchases are through IS A as I am not up to the annual limit yet. My portfolio is long term so I am concerned about medium to long term tax changes. As with anything, it's a learning curve. Always do your own research and take professional advice where appropriate.
Casper
Frankie
You should be aware of the current tax legislation and what implications this has on your portfolio. Whilst you might not be in a CGT position at the moment, if legislation changes for the worse in the future then it is good to know what you can do to mitigate any future tax. (And as you might have read earlier in the posts today, it's a pain to move shares over to an ISA without the risk of losing out on any potential gains). It's not just CGT either, but Income Tax on dividends and interest. Again, we have generous allowances for the smaller investor, these might change in future budgets.
Casper