If I receive dividends as shares in the company from which the dividend is coming, what is my tax liability? Do I pay income tax at my marginal rate on the dividend or am I not liable for tax until I dispose of the shares received as dividend and, if so, at what rate?
on a related matter, can the cost of commission,transfer stamp and compliance and settlement costs of buying shares be offset against gains when you sell them.. and can all costs when selling be offset also?
If I make a gain on a share sale but have more than enough capital losses from previous years to offset that gain am I still obliged to make a return of this to the Revenue, detailing the gain and the loss I am using to offset it? For how many years can I carry over a loss for the purposes of offsetting it versus a gain?