HMRC is squeezing UK households with dividend tax. New data shows the number of investors paying dividend tax is expected to reach a record 3.67 million in the 2024/25 tax year. That figure from the ...

Dividend tax allowances cuts are estimated to have dragged an extra 1.3 million taxpayers into paying the levy over two years ...

A growing number of investors are being caught by the dividend tax net, with fresh figures from HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) revealing that 3.67 million individuals are expected to pay the tax in the ...

However, its dividend yield is relatively low at 3.02% compared to top UK payers and has been historically volatile and unreliable over the past decade despite recent increases in payments.

Begbies Traynor Group's dividend yield of 3.5% is below the UK market's top quartile, and its high payout ratio of 108.5% indicates dividends are not well covered by earnings, though cash flow ...

Janus Henderson’s 2023 annual dividend report highlighted a significant increase in dividend growth, revealing that the UK paid out roughly $86 billion in dividends last year, up from $63.1 ...

Analysts also believe that the UK stock market may be on the verge of recovery, although the exact timing and pace of this shift are unclear. In this context, dividend stocks are crucial. Focusing ...

But the latest Dividend Dashboard from investing company AJ Bell shows forecasts increasingly falling behind. Analysts have cut their earlier £83bn prediction to just £80.4bn. That’s only around 2% ...

Shares in LSEG slipped by more than two per cent in early morning trade despite the FTSE 100 giant upgrading its earnings ...

Dividend stocks are popular among investors when looking at the top funds to invest in as they provide income and capital growth, but the companies behind them are not immune from stock market ...

The profit also surpassed £844 million reported in the same period of 2023. Consequently, the company raised its interim dividend for 2024 to 6p per share from 5.71p per share in H1 2023.

The UK's main stock indexes slipped on Thursday as some of the companies traded without the entitlement of their dividend pay-outs, while GSK shares jumped following the settlement of its lawsuits ...