Scrip dividend: taxed as capital | Practical Law

Scrip dividend: taxed as capital | Practical Law

The First-tier Tribunal has found that for inheritance tax purposes a scrip dividend should be taxed as capital, and not as income, in the hands of the trustees of a discretionary trust.

Scrip dividend: taxed as capital

Practical Law UK Articles 7-614-4094 (Approx. 2 pages)

Scrip dividend: taxed as capital

by Norton Rose Fulbright LLP
Published on 28 May 2015United Kingdom
The First-tier Tribunal has found that for inheritance tax purposes a scrip dividend should be taxed as capital, and not as income, in the hands of the trustees of a discretionary trust.