In 2018-19 I had several non-ISA investment accounts on 4 different investment platforms (Hargreaves Lansdown, Lloyds Investment, etc.). Although these are all accumulation funds HMRC has managed to classify the dividends issued by the companies in the funds as taxable, i.e. subject to the dividend tax. Some are UK, but on the CTCs (consolidated tax certificates) some are said to be foreign.
Just been completing the relevant section of my tax return. The problem I have is that most of these foreign dividends paid are paid on funds (like Vanguard) where it's not obvious which country the foreign tax comes from ... it's even possible they might come from different countries.
The CTCs for these various platforms don't say which country these foreign dividends come from... provisionally I have just assumed "US", but there is an option at the bottom of the drop-down list (on the HMRC self-assessment page) saying "ZZZ none of the above". NB all the CTCs give the figures in £, and the figure for "tax paid in the foreign country" is £0.
What am I meant to do with these sums (typically a couple of hundred quid for each platform), if I can't find out where the dividends come from? Does HMRC care much about me getting this right, given that I'm not reclaiming any foreign tax relief?
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