Royal Dutch Shell A or B?

Curious_Moose

Anyone own shares in Shell? There is a tax difference in the treatment of dividends between Royal Dutch Shell A and Royal Dutch Shell B, which is described here:

http://www.shell.com/home/content/investor-en/shareholder/difference_a_b/diference_a_b_shares.html

Does it make any real difference which you buy? Or is it the case that one of the 2 types of share is the more logical choice for a UK taxpayer? I don't want to mess about with paying or reclaiming bits of dividend tax with assorted tax bodies.

Cheers.

Xbigman

Curious_Moose wrote: »

Anyone own shares in Shell? There is a tax difference in the treatment of dividends between Royal Dutch Shell A and Royal Dutch Shell B, which is described here:

http://www.shell.com/home/content/investor-en/shareholder/difference_a_b/diference_a_b_shares.html

Does it make any real difference which you buy? Or is it the case that one of the 2 types of share is the more logical choice for a UK taxpayer? I don't want to mess about with paying or reclaiming bits of dividend tax with assorted tax bodies.

Cheers.

The B shares are the British version, the A shares the Dutch version. The A shares get hit with 15% withholding tax on the dividends by Dutch authorities. Buy B shares if resident in the UK for tax.
Regards



X

Curious_Moose

Xbigman wrote: »

The B shares are the British version, the A shares the Dutch version. The A shares get hit with 15% withholding tax on the dividends by Dutch authorities. Buy B shares if resident in the UK for tax.
Regards
X

That's just what I needed to know. Thanks. :beer: