Sixto Olson

Perhaps I need to clarify. I was referring to stock dividends of ordinary shares. These are offered by a company with a choice to take cash or shares. Usually the default option is to take the shares. The value of the dividend is either the cash offered or the market value of the shares. Where in the Foreign Pages should they be entered?

Page FN7 of the Foreign Pages says that stock dividends or bonus shares should not be included with the other dividends. Where should they be included?

According to this page https://www.gov.uk/tax-on-dividends/previous-tax-years The dividend tax rate from 2010 to 2016 was Basic rate (and non-taxpayers) 0% On this page it says https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-and-allowances-income-tax/income-tax-rates-and-allowances-current-and-past The following rates for tax on dividends apply from 6 April 2010 to 5 April 2016. Dividend tax rates. Basic rate (and non-taxpayers)  7.5% Other sources say 10%. Which one is correct? Were the rates the same for dividends of UK companies and foreign dividends?

I have some units of offshore reporting funds in a bank dealing account in my home country. These funds have LU and IE ISIN. When entering source of income in the foreign pages to declare reportable income, should I enter the country of registration of the fund or the country code of my home country? Same question for some units of LU abd IE funds that I have in UK account. Do I use GB or the country code where the funds are registered?

I need to do my UK Self Assessment including income and capital gains in my home country. The financial tax year in the UK runs fom 6th of April to 5th of April, but in my home country it runs from 1st Jan to 31st Dec. The annual statement of my bank is produced for their own market, so it runs from Jan to Dec. Are there any acceptable shortcuts or approximations so I can use the bank's annual data? Otherwise looks like it will take forever to extract everything from monthly statements, I am not even sure that I will be able to do all the calculations

I sold some assets recently in my home country. There was a mix of shares, ETFs, reporting and non reporting investment funds. Overall they were at a gain. I have another account in the UK with assets at a loss, mainly GB investment funds and trusts. Can I safely crystallise my losses and offset gains at home against losses in the UK?

I sold some shares recently which I had in my home country. Over 15 years they have generated a lot of small transactions (costs , dividends, stock dividends). Having to calculate all this applying FX conversions would take an enormous effort for tiny amounts of money. Is there a de minimis amount for private individuals so I can safely disregard some transactions?

I sold some ETFs recently. The annual statement from the bank shows a total amount of Custody Charges for all my portfolio, but does not provide detailed figures for each asset. How can I claim back the costs for these ETFs in my Capital Gains calculation?

I sold some stocks in my home country and need to do my capital gains calculations. Over the years the stocks payed stock dividends, these were offered with of choice of taking cash or shares. I took the shares and reported the equivalent cash value as part of my income in previous tax years. Can I substract this from my capital gains calculations? Otherwise it would be double taxed. What is the correct way of doing the calculation?