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Taxation

28 Oct 2025 Investment Strategies

The Proposed British ISA: A Flawed Plan that Penalises the Prudent Saver

The recent FT Article (https://www.ft.com/content/99b91223-aced-4262-b7ff-356cee84a185) entitled “Reeves looks to include minimum UK shareholding in ISA overhaul. Evolution of abandoned Conservative ‘Brit Isa’ plan also includes stamp duty tax break”, suggests Stocks and Shares ISA investors should be required to hold 50% of their portfolio in…

Corporate Governance

18 Dec 2024 Corporate Governance

Abolish Stamp Duty on Quoted Shares

This article reflects the opinions of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. Increased cost of capital means tax has negative impact on UK growth Is the…

ShareSoc

24 Jan 2023

Proposals on Limiting ISAs

The views expressed in this article are those of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. The Resolution Foundation has released a report looking at “the Government’s…

Economics

27 Sep 2022 Economics

Interest Rate Sanity and Chancellor’s Announcements

The views expressed in this article are those of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. The Bank of England’s announcement of an increase in base rate…

ShareSoc

26 Sep 2022

Mini Budget – Good but misses a chance

This article represents the views of its author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. The Chancellor has taken steps to drive forward the Government’s desire to simplify the…

ShareSoc

31 Oct 2021

It’s a Prosecco & Cava Budget

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc. It’s a sparkling wine budget – or at least one to…

Accounting and Audit

20 Oct 2021 Accounting and Audit

Good Articles in Investors’ Chronicle

The views expressed in this article are those of the author and not necessarily those of ShareSoc There were several good articles in this week’s Investors’ Chronicle. I…

ShareSoc

15 Jun 2021

How Wealthy Americans Pay No Tax

This article expresses the personal views of its author, not necessarily those of ShareSoc. There was another article in the Financial Times today covering “How the wealthiest Americans…

ShareSoc

31 May 2021

Capital Gains Tax Review – Is It Simplification, or Is There a Hidden Agenda?

The Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) have published a second report on Capital Gains Tax covering practical, administrative and technical issues. They give a number of recommendations to…

ShareSoc

1 Sep 2020

Modernisation of Stamp Duty

HMRC have announced a “Call for Evidence” on the “Modernisation of Stamp Taxes on Shares Framework”. If you deal mainly in the shares of public companies you may…

ShareSoc

22 Jul 2020

Capital Gains Tax Reform? Surely Long Overdue

CGT Review Last week the Office of Tax Simplification (OTS) announced a review of Capital Gains Tax. They have invited evidence and there is a simple on-line survey…

ShareSoc

8 Apr 2020

Taking Cash From ISAs and IHT Reclaims

If like me you have been selling shares in your ISA during the market crash, you may now have a lot of cash sitting idle in your ISA.…

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