ISA interest & hmrc
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Dazed_and_confused wrote: »There is no actual allowance for savings interest.
While this may seem a pedantic distinction, a recent poster on this thread incurred a bill of £2486 as a direct result of the difference between 'tax-free' and 'taxable at 0%':
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=59914330 -
Do you have a link to that story?
I did have an al rayan isa And didn’t realise they are different from a tax point of view as it’s a cash isa.0 -
Just because gov.uk refers to it as an allowance doesn't mean it is one.
Same applies to the dividend "allowance".
As eskbanker has explained it is really a 0% tax rate.
The recent poster who ended up with a £2.4k bill as a result of having about £300 of interest taxed at 0% is one example of the difference this makes.
Ask anyone who had ended up with a reduced Married Couple's Allowance, larger High Income Child Benefit Charge, lost their Marriage Allowance tax credit or has ended up with a reduced Personal Allowance if it's a tax-free allowance or not0 -
On another note, I sold some shares (non ISA) before 5 April, had the shares quite a number of years. Purchase cost £2000 and sold for £4900. Is it necessary to make this declaration to hmrc on self assessment as £2900 Capital gains?
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What other capital gains (or loss) did you have in that tax year?0
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Dazed_and_confused wrote: »What other capital gains (or loss) did you have in that tax year?0
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On another note, I sold some shares (non ISA) before 5 April, had the shares quite a number of years. Purchase cost £2000 and sold for £4900. Is it necessary to make this declaration to hmrc on self assessment as £2900 Capital gains?
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See https://www.gov.uk/capital-gains-tax/work-out-need-to-pay and read the section "If your total gains are less than the tax-free allowance"Reed0 -
If your interest on the ISA brings you over your personal savings interest allowance (SIA), you need to speak to HMRC and have the ISA profit taken off your taxable income. If your total interest incl. the profit on the Al Rayan ISA is below the SIA, it's all a bit academic.0
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capital0ne wrote: »You are not required to declare interest from an ISA nor any capital gains - it's all tax free. The £1,000 savings allowance is for non-ISA savings.
colsten is well aware of the rules concerning the tax free status of interest & Capital Gains inside an ISA
If you read the thread from the beginning you will see that her post was correct, in the context of Al Rayan having wrongly notified HMRC in relation to some ISA accounts.0
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