WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT TRUSTS AFFECTED BY THE INCREASE IN INCOME TAX RATES?
JULY 24TH 2009 | 05:54 TAGS:
The Finance Bill received Royal Assent on 21 July 2009 and as a result the new s.6 and Schedule 2 to the Finance Act 2009 brings in the provisions for an additional rate of income tax and an additional rate for dividends. The consequential amendments include increases to the trust rate and the dividend trust rate. By aligning the trust rate and the dividend trust rate with the highest rates of personal taxation this means that the trust rate increases to 50% from 40% with effect from 6 April 2010 and the dividend trust rate increases from 32.5% to 42.5%.
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