Accrued Income Charge and Relief

The same screen is used for both charges and reliefs. It is also used for Lloyd's underwriters.

Where shares have been purchased ex-dividend or sold cum-dividend, the individual will have realised a gain, reflected in the purchase/sale price. This gain is taxable under the accrued income scheme. Details of gains do not have to be entered where the total nominal value of all shares purchased and sold in this way, is less than £5,000. Shares sold ex-dividend or purchased cum-dividend will provide relief.

The number of days is the number of days between the date of transfer and the dividend/interest date. This includes both dates in the count. For example, a cum-dividend sale on 1/1/02 of £10,000 shares where the previous interest payment was on 1/12/01 is counted as 32 days when computing the charge.