tax on foreign stocks and share
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 7:10 pm
Hi there,
really hoping someone could shed some light on the following for me
I’m a UK citizen currently living and working overseas in Jordan. I don’t pay tax in the UK and I am exempt from paying tax in Jordan – the European company I work for has an agreement with the Jordanian Gov. on this.
I want to invest in stocks and share and normally I would do this through an ISA in the UK, but since I am not a UK resident I am not eligible to open or pay into one.
I have found a couple of brokers/banks which I could open a stocks and shares account with based in Dubai. I would not have to pay tax in Dubai or the UK on any capital gains or dividends.
I have a few questions.
1. Would I need to pay tax in Jordan? No money would be coming into Jordan. I do not have a bank account in Jordan and would transfer any funds to and from the UK (I expect no one here is an expert on Jordanian tax law, but I am just assuming there is a standard practise)
2. When one day returning to the UK, would I be liable to tax once I transfer the cash over?
3. If I open a UK account instead to trade and pay tax on this, if my gains and dividends are within the yearly allowance each year, does this mean I would not pay tax? Or do I only pay tax when I sell the shares? If the latter, is it correct to assume as long as I don’t sell more than my yearly allowance I wouldn’t pay tax?
Thanks so much for any feedback on this
really hoping someone could shed some light on the following for me
I’m a UK citizen currently living and working overseas in Jordan. I don’t pay tax in the UK and I am exempt from paying tax in Jordan – the European company I work for has an agreement with the Jordanian Gov. on this.
I want to invest in stocks and share and normally I would do this through an ISA in the UK, but since I am not a UK resident I am not eligible to open or pay into one.
I have found a couple of brokers/banks which I could open a stocks and shares account with based in Dubai. I would not have to pay tax in Dubai or the UK on any capital gains or dividends.
I have a few questions.
1. Would I need to pay tax in Jordan? No money would be coming into Jordan. I do not have a bank account in Jordan and would transfer any funds to and from the UK (I expect no one here is an expert on Jordanian tax law, but I am just assuming there is a standard practise)
2. When one day returning to the UK, would I be liable to tax once I transfer the cash over?
3. If I open a UK account instead to trade and pay tax on this, if my gains and dividends are within the yearly allowance each year, does this mean I would not pay tax? Or do I only pay tax when I sell the shares? If the latter, is it correct to assume as long as I don’t sell more than my yearly allowance I wouldn’t pay tax?
Thanks so much for any feedback on this