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iweb automatic dividend reinvestment or payout

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Can anyone give me some advice  on the best option for dividends payouts on iweb - it is not a massive amount of around £600 a year but worried it is getting eaten in fees.

Not 100% sure of the costs ,  it says that I am charged 2% upto a maximum of £5 ... The payouts range from £1 to £100 amounting to around £600 over the year.

I know there is an option to have it paid out rather than the automatic dividend reinvestment but not too sure which is best.

any help would be appreciated.

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  • wmb194
    wmb194 Posts: 4,852 Forumite
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    Can anyone give me some advice  on the best option for dividends payouts on iweb - it is not a massive amount of around £600 a year but worried it is getting eaten in fees.

    Not 100% sure of the costs ,  it says that I am charged 2% upto a maximum of £5 ... The payouts range from £1 to £100 amounting to around £600 over the year.

    I know there is an option to have it paid out rather than the automatic dividend reinvestment but not too sure which is best.

    any help would be appreciated.
    Yes, 2% (plus stamp duty if relevant). I always go for automatic payout and reinvest the dividends via cheaper brokers e.g., Trading212, CMC and IG but I suppose it depends on how much you care about a 2% fee and dealing with the withdrawals, reinvesting elsewhere etc.

    https://www.iweb-sharedealing.co.uk/charges.html#:~:text=Dividend%2520reinvestment%2520purchases%2520are%2520charged,of%2520%C2%A35%2520per%2520stock.


  • InvesterJones
    InvesterJones Posts: 1,198 Forumite
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    Not 100% sure of the costs ,  it says that I am charged 2% upto a maximum of £5 ... The payouts range from £1 to £100 amounting to around £600 over the year.

    I know there is an option to have it paid out rather than the automatic dividend reinvestment but not too sure which is best.

    any help would be appreciated.

    Costs can be worked out as follows: Take the amount of the payout, then multiply it by 0.02. If the total is less than £5 then that's the cost. If the total is more than £5 then the cost is capped at £5. 

    Best option is up to you - it's quite a fee for small reinvestments, so you could always pay out and accumulate them elsewhere and then pay a one-off £5 fee to reinvest the lump rather than each dividend - but you may lose out on time in the market.
  • jimjames
    jimjames Posts: 18,605 Forumite
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    edited 7 July at 8:06AM
    I always do reinvestment, cost is small compared to others and in the general scale of things.

    Looking at my most recent dividend which was £87, the fee was £1.75 and stamp duty £0.44, total £2.19. The stamp duty will be the same anywhere so it's just the £1.75 you might be able to reduce. When iWeb costs me nothing per year for holding fees I still think it is excellent value for money - paying a small amount for reinvestment seems like a worthwhile thing if it keeps them in business.
    Remember the saying: if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is.
  • dales1
    dales1 Posts: 268 Forumite
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    I agree with Jim.
    For 3 figure dividends, a 2% fee may sound harsh (but yet it is typical) whereas in cash terms it's only a few pounds - and capped at £5 ! It really is worth letting them do the work, rather than you dealing with reinvestment of small dividend amounts.
    (For relatively larger dividends, I personally prefer to have them held in the account so that I can choose my own time (and destination) of reinvestment, and to avoid any price spikes in the market on that particular day).
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