Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a hike to the dividend tax rate in today's Autumn Budget, in a move that will hit small business owners and retail investors. The tax on dividend income from stocks ...

Self-employed directors and investors, including pensioners, who get an income from company shares would be hit if the rumoured move to hike dividend tax goes ahead. Chancellor Rachel Reeves is said ...

Relative to bond interest, QDI tips the tax advantage in favor of dividend-paying equities and preferred stocks (preferreds) because it subjects eligible dividend income to preferential capital gains ...