How much tax do I pay on investments?

Are you worried about taxes biting into your profits? We explain how much you’ll pay and look at ways to keep more of what you earn through investing

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Putting money in pensions and ISAs can help you avoid being liable for tax on your investments.
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Profits from investments have come under the microscope of successive governments seeking to raise revenue, and are now more likely to be taxed than in the not so distant past.

Dividend and capital gains tax (CGT) allowances have been drastically cut in recent years, and the tax rates on them hiked, leaving investors footing more of the bill for assets that perform well.

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Laura Miller

Laura Miller is an experienced financial and business journalist. Formerly on staff at the Daily Telegraph, her freelance work now appears in the money pages of all the national newspapers. She endeavours to make money issues easy to understand for everyone, and to do justice to the people who regularly trust her to tell their stories. She lives by the sea in Aberystwyth. You can find her tweeting @thatlaurawrites