What are the dividend tax rates in the UK?

We've updated this guide on 31st July 2019

How to calculate the tax on dividends

add your income from dividends to your all other income (employment, rental income, etc.)
then work out your income tax band
you’ll pay tax on all your dividends based on what is your highest tax band.

The dividend tax rates in 2019/20

This year the dividend tax rates are:

0% on the first £2,000 from dividends (this is called the Dividend Allowance)
0% if your total income is under the Personal Allowance (£12,500)
7.5% if you’re a basic rate taxpayer
32.5% if you’re a higher rate taxpayer
38.1% if you’re an additional rate taxpayer.

How about dividends from investments?

Rules are simple here:

zero tax on dividends from shares in a stocks & shares ISA
but: you do pay tax on dividends from any other shares you own, even if you reinvest these dividends into purchasing new shares – ask your broker or trading platform how they handle dividends from “income stocks”.

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